I began this survey about Karl Marx only to hit a quick detour while looking into Marx’s first experimental run, Russia. Like most theoreticians, Karl Marx couldn’t show or tell you how to build a sandbox…at least in less than…
Category: Russia
Comparing Ukraine and Russia; Russification under Stalin and Ukraine;
For context, As I always do, I first consulted Wikipedia to find their meaning of “Russification” for the various other Soviet members states besides Russia; 14 republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine…
Lenin and the Symbols of the Season
You may think it strange that Christmas makes me think of V I Lenin, the founder of the USSR. But for 50 years he was the symbol of everything good and holy in a powerful and sizeable portion of the world. As…
Reprisals and the Killing of Civilians in War
“In Belgium there are many towns whose cemeteries today have rows and rows of memorial stones inscribed with a name, the date 1914, and the legend, repeated over and over: “Fusille par les Allemandes” (shot by the Germans). In many…
Thoughts About Squishing Bugs
Every spring, in the bathroom sink, dozens of little black ants come out of the woodwork and dance around the basin. After 65 years of either squishing them with my finger or washing them down the drain by turning on…