Fragments of a blog
Fragments of a blog
There is no arguing with Gary Shteyngart that much Old-World nastiness, including anti-Semitism, has lately spread from the fringes of online alt-rightism. We would likely disagree on the dimension and perniciousness of those fringes. In the eyes of the novelist,…
Consider the following statements. Thelonious Monk was a musician. Bob Dylan is a musician. Technically, (2) as true as (1) as long as a person who makes a living singing songs and playing a musical instrument is a musician. On the…
From Stratfor’s latest 10-year forecast: …we do not think the Russian Federation can exist in its current form for the entire decade. Its overwhelming dependence on energy exports and the unreliability of expectations on pricing make it impossible for Moscow…