Windows to Russia

American teacher: Who are you going to vote for? American student #1: (male–18 year old eligible to vote): I am voting for Romney. American teacher: What is your rationale? American student #1: It is unfair for Obama and people [sic] to pick on the upper class just because they are wealthy. I listen to my […]

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is to build around 20 small stores with a floorspace of up to 5,000 sq m across Moscow, as part of its strategy of reaching customers across the Russian capital, Izvestia daily reported on Tuesday… I find this tidbit of information and it brings back memories of an article that I […]

The weather in Tunisia is delightful and the sun hot, but the shade is cool. I sat down at the computer after a long spell away from it and what do I get lambasted with by the news sites? Nobel Prize Awarded to the EU… I figured that the Nobel Award would at least give […]

I find that my concept of freedom is different from many other people. One of my criteria for freedom is set by this example: I believe that an important freedom is when I can pass through a border into another country unhindered by regulations that impede my progress… Tunisia is such a country and when […]

America’s image and influence has taken more of a beating within the Middle East, credit goes to the anti-Islam film. The movie, which appeared on YouTube has yet to be taken down. Meanwhile, both Iran and Israel are becoming increasing defiant of America’s calls for peace. Retired Pakistani General and author of the book ‘Gwadar […]

“Marinetti [and Benito Mussolini] understood the masses as material to be formed by men of action. A bond was established between futurists and fascists…” US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s speech at the Virginia Military Academy in early October was an embarrassment to the nation. For those who seriously study the life and career of […]

Tomorrow I will have been officially 6 years in Russia! On October 10th 2006 I crossed the border for the first time and stepped into a world that was unbelievable and fantastic… It is a world that has very few friends from the West and I understand that it needs to stay that way. Russia […]

The picture is a photo just taken by Sveta and she wanted me to put it in the article. She said, “That is you posting this article.” So there is the picture… 🙂 So back to the article – In our travels around the great little country Tunisia, we have discovered that everyone knows you […]

We landed at the International airport located on the island of Djerba and the first thing that we noticed was that it was spotless and then we noticed it was very quiet. The only jet that came in was ours and we were the only ones in the airport, except for a few employees… It […]

In particular the central bank of Russia lifted its gold reserves to 936.6 tons after buying 18.6 tons of gold on domestic market, but that paled in comparison to other countries… So in a surprise to me – note… Turkey, which last year began to accept gold as collateral from commercial banks, reported a substantial […]