‘Nedogovorosposobnyi’ is a Russian word with no English equivalent, describing somebody or something that is incapable of reaching agreements. There can be many reasons why a person or an organization is like this but, whatever the cause, talking to them is a waste of time. It’s never going to get anywhere. Ukraine’s political …
Read More »The UK publication of a history book labeled ‘too white’ has been delayed. ‘Publish and be damned’? That principle is clearly dead
There’s a veritable army of freelance censors and sensitivity entrepreneurs enlisted in the policing of culture. Poor Richard Cohen. The British author’s book, titled ‘The History Makers’, was due out earlier this month before being serialised on BBC Radio 4. Promoted as an “epic exploration of who writes the past”, …
Read More »Like a God-damned America gumkonvoi in the 90s Russia was falling apart
Today it is very fashionable to shout about insidious America, dreaming in their pink dreams destroy the great who had risen from his knees Russia, even to shoot videos with an appeal to Obama, who’s aggressive “organic” around the world. The reasonable question that America interfered to destroy the Russian …
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