Unhinged: Episode 4 – “Numbers don’t lie”, Putin Propaganda and Adopting Dogs January 22, 2018January 22, 2018Marcus Thuillier Join Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier and Opinion Associate Editor Chris Robertson who come up with unhinged takes on this week’s news and the ...
Statistics vs. Propaganda January 16, 2018January 18, 2018Rivka Gershovich Living in Russia, I saw all political conversations as futile. Historical parallels and literary examples, along with some common-sense observations, are used in ...
Closure of Russian Consulates Only Hurts the US Migrant Population October 30, 2017Rivka Gershovich While taking the laundry out of the washer, I discovered a washed passport among the clothes. “I washed my passport,” I thought to ...
Riding the Waves of Russian Immigration October 8, 2017October 12, 2017Rivka Gershovich Once, one of my friends asked me to say something in Russian, my native language. I did so. The reaction that followed was ...
Putin the Vulnerable April 17, 2017April 20, 2017Rivka Gershovich 1 In U.S. media, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin is widely depicted as an indestructible nemesis, as strong as he is evil. However, this ...
Trump: Beyond an American Problem November 21, 2016Marcus Thuillier Unless a class action lawsuit has him impeached, Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States. His election has led ...
Thanks, Obama February 22, 2015Guardian Staff Barack Obama brought hope into the equation when he was first elected president in 2008. “Yes we can” was the message that resonated ...