Time 29.September 2026
28.09.2026 Michael Moore

Midterm Pandemonium!

The Founders failed to create a true Democracy. Let’s win, then demand one. You can have all the 250th birthday parties you want for America — that great Democracy! But none of your cake and candles or champagne can obscure the fact that we have never been a true democracy. No matter how many times […]
4min 102
27.09.2026 Klim Zhukov

Herbert Wells at 160: The Man Who Imagined the 20th Century

Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, a small town in Kent, England, into a family that seemed to have little connection to the literary world. His father was a professional cricket player who also ran a small china shop. His mother had worked as a domestic servant. “Bertie,” as he was known […]
8min 56
25.09.2026 Yuri Chekalin

Nomophobia And How to Help Yourself

A smartphone battery drops to 5 percent, and suddenly the search for a charger feels urgent. You leave home without your phone and experience the peculiar sensation that something important is missing. A subway enters a dead zone, messages stop arriving, and you reach for the device anyway. For some people, these moments are merely […]
5min 221
24.09.2026 Victor Aliyev

Martin Luther is the Charismatic Leader of the Printing Age

Today, the word charisma is everywhere. We use it for anyone who knows how to command a television camera, electrify a crowd, or win an election. But in classical sociology, charisma means something far more powerful than charm—and far more dangerous than a magnetic personality. Charisma is a bond between a leader and his followers. […]
10min 271
23.09.2026 Kamil Askerkhanov

America’s Election Talk

As America’s midterm elections draw closer, the familiar numbers game is already underway. There is no point denying what the polls say: several national surveys do, in fact, show Democrats with an advantage. But the national generic ballot is not an election result. The House is decided across 435 individual congressional districts. The Senate is […]
3min 404

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28.09.2026 Michael Moore

Midterm Pandemonium!

The Founders failed to create a true Democracy. Let’s win, then demand one. You can have all the 250th birthday parties you want for America — that great Democracy! But none of your cake and candles or champagne can obscure the fact that we have never been a true democracy. No matter how many times […]
4min 102

23.09.2026 Kamil Askerkhanov

America’s Election Talk

As America’s midterm elections draw closer, the familiar numbers game is already underway. There is no point denying what the polls say: several national surveys do, in fact, show Democrats with an advantage. But the national generic ballot is not an election result. The House is decided across 435 individual congressional districts. The Senate is […]
3min 404

21.09.2026 Robert Reich

The Rise of AI Populism

Are we on the cusp of a political realignment against corporate power? Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon keynoted a Washington conference to demand a stop to AI, its data centers, and the risks AI poses to jobs and even to the human species. Notably, both lambasted the corporate oligarchs […]
4min 585

21.09.2026 Vladimir Golstein

The Documentary Film Naza and Its Revelations

People fixated on either Israel or Gazan Palestinians can bemoan or gloat over it as much as they want. I am sure, the film offers a lot for each side to get itself worked up into a frenzy. But what remains heavily under-discussed is the elephant in the room. And by this elephant I mean […]
3min 389

10.09.2026 Dmitri Drobnitsky

Vance Has a Problem: His Friendship with Tucker Carlson

The Republican Party is slowly shedding the original version of Trumpism. And Tucker Carlson has become toxic to political careers. J.D. Vance is not apologizing for his friendship with Carlson—at least not yet. But he is making it clear that he does not agree with him. Vice President J.D. Vance has increasingly been filling in […]
3min 796

09.08.2026 Yuri Chekalin

Tucker Carlson Draws a Line

Tucker Carlson Lays Out 10-Point Manifesto as MAGA Coalition Shows Signs of Strain. American journalist Tucker Carlson has unveiled a 10-point political manifesto that he says should serve as a foundation for “the changes to come” in the United States. His nearly two-hour address offered the clearest indication yet of growing tensions within the MAGA […]
5min 2500

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Culture & Art


04.08.2026 Yuri Chekalin

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

It is fascinating that Madama Butterfly, or Cio-Cio-San, has long been regarded as one of the most “Japanese” of European operas. Yet, in reality, it tells us far more about Western perceptions of Japan at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries than about Japan itself. The same can be said, in a different […]
5min 1679

18.04.2026 Vladimir Golstein

Perennial Relevance of Dostoevsky

What makes Dostoevsky forever relevant is his dialectical approach to the most pressing issues of human predicament. Only in the eyes of the extremely naïve thinkers — doesn’t matter if they come from the right, left or center the issues that face modern day materialistic capitalist societies can be quantified, computerized, and resolved. For the […]
3min 3779

11.04.2026 Vitaly Golovkov

Ralph Fiennes the Master of the “Silent Explosion” Phenomenon

Ralph Fiennes always follows his own rules. Looking at his performance — whether in the Lord’s robes or in a haute couture suit, the viewer inevitably catches a cognitive dissonance. We expect a monster, but we get an abyss of charisma, the “gold standard” of cinematic noir, which is impossible (and, honestly, one does not […]
8min 6509

31.03.2026 Tatiana Kasatkina

“Demons”: Film Adaptation or Interpretation?

Film adaptations and interpretations not only have different goals, but also appeal to different audiences. A film adaptation is offered, in a sense, “in place” of the book, a simplified version for those who may never read it; the director here plays an educational role, addressing the ignorant as one who knows, the superior as […]
16min 3439

26.03.2026 Vitaly Golovkov

Verdict for “Mercy” on 90 Minutes of Legal Action

As a former federal judge who has handed down sentences for serious felonies and aggravated assaults, I view this on-screen trial not as a detective thriller, but as a very gripping legal drama. I apologize in advance to readers for paying little attention to the visual effects and dynamics, which are top-notch in this work. […]
6min 22004

13.03.2026 Klim Zhukov

“Master and Commander”

I envy those who haven’t watched it, because I want to erase this film from my memory and watch it again. Peter Weir’s “Master and Commander” is not just a battle film. It’s a hymn to male friendship, duty, and the romance of the sailing era, shot with epic grandeur and stunning attention to detail. […]
2min 3651

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Midterm Pandemonium!

The Founders failed to create a true Democracy. Let’s win, then demand one. You can have all the 250th birthday parties you want for America — that great Democracy! But none of your cake and candles or champagne can obscure the fact that we have never been a true democracy. No matter how many times […]

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