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Vladimir Morozov21.11.2025

Deputy Prime Minister Novak spoke at the international conference “Journey into the World of Artificial Intelligence.” “The Russian economy is undergoing a period of transformation, searching for new growth opportunities. The President has approved ambitious national goals that affect all areas of life, including creating a comfortable environment, achieving sustainable economic development, and technological leadership, […]

Vladimir Morozov20.11.2025

An IMF Set-Up, or What Should Nabiullina Do Now? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published the results of its study: inflation targeting, which for decades it considered a universal price stabilization tool, doesn’t work everywhere and always. These findings are contained in the IMF report “How Inflation Was Managed in 2022: A Comparative Analysis […]

Andrey Vedyaev19.11.2025

In the last days of November, 1941, the Nazi invaders approached Moscow, threatening to capture it. During these difficult days, Soviet people stood up to defend the capital, performing unprecedented acts of bravery, including behind enemy lines. The heroism of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, a saboteur in the intelligence department of the Western Front headquarters, who died […]

Robert Reich19.11.2025

If we don’t raise wages at the bottom, we’re all cooked. The Big Mac has a problem that’s partly due to the corporation that makes Big Macs. The Big Mac has a big problem. According to the CEO of McDonald’s, fast food chains saw a double-digit dip in visits from lower- and middle-income customers in […]

Vladimir Morozov17.11.2025

Human civilization is once again approaching a bifurcation point. Just 50 years ago, a large black telephone with a long cord hung in the hallway of a communal apartment, but today humanity is beginning an era of the active integration of humanoid robots into everyday life. First, small humanoid robots measuring 94 cm tall and […]

David Tilman16.11.2025

The Romans loved their native soil; they were characteristically oriented toward the land. Earth, they firmly believed, was mother of all, and they called her mater terra. Never great seafarers, the Romans had found in their earlier history that the rich land of Italy met all their essential needs, and their attitudes toward nature reflect […]

Prot. Victor Harakas15.11.2025

To begin to repent, you should first understand what repentance is. What is Repentance? The English word “repent” is based on a Latin word which means to “change or reform one’s mind.” In Greek, the same idea is expressed by the word “metanoia.” It means that you want to, and do in fact, change. But […]

Vladimir Golstein14.11.2025

From Gold Toilet to Gold Toilet: History of Modern Ukraine in One Image. I remember the original impetus of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity and their Maidan over-throw of government was the corruption of the president Yanukovich. To get people going, the so called rebels, i.e. the stooges of Victoria Nuland, were broadcasting the images […]

Robert Reich14.11.2025

Why are Democrats so undisciplined and Republicans so regimented? The asymmetry explained Chuck Schumer couldn’t hold his senators together at a time when their unity and toughness were essential. Yet Trump cracks the whip and gets all Republicans to do his bidding. Does this mean Schumer should go? Yes. But the problem runs deeper — […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky13.11.2025

The first stage of the “deal” between Israel and Hamas was a breakthrough. Further steps are not only unprepared… it’s unclear where to step. The visit of the new Syrian leader (and previously an active member of various organizations banned in Russia and elsewhere) Ahmed al-Sharaa (invariably referred to as al-Sharaa in the US) to […]

AI as a thing in itself. Or not?

Inflation Targeting Isn’t Everything

The Feat of a Chekist

The USA Needs to Raise Wages

The Ethics of Creation or Destruction?

Roman Attitudes Toward Nature

Repentance

Ukrainian Image as the Gold Toilet

Undisciplined Democrats and Regimented Republicans

A Shakable “Long Peace” and Great Uncertainty

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old