South Ossetia and Abkhazia today, Kosovo tomorrow

Filed under History on August 26th, 2008

I’m not planning on making this into a long post. In all my previous articles about the 2008 South Ossetia War I have already made my position clear. I don’t perceive Russia as the bad guy in this situation and am wishing for the independence (or even Russian annexation) of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It’s [...]

Looking for a more balanced approach on Russia

Filed under History on August 15th, 2008

Everyone is putting blame on Russia for the on-going South Ossetia War. An easy target, the nation and its prime minister are painted as the descendants of pure evil. “Georgia’s sovereignty must be guaranteed,” writes a pro-American New York Times editor, while further suggesting that Russia should be put in the political corner wearing an [...]

Russian pickles

Filed under History on August 10th, 2008

Don’t you just hate the days when you feel like writing, but no good topic comes to mind? I thought about writing about my disinterest in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (love the full name), but that seemed boring even to me. All over the web you can read articles about the South Ossetia [...]

The pushy belief of atheist movements

Filed under Religion on June 1st, 2008

I’ve been non-religious for some time now. It has served me well — mostly the ability of being able to define for myself what my feelings towards a certain issue is, has been liberating. Also, the ability to live my life according to how I want to live it, and not according to people who [...]

Gasp, I agree with Bush on this one

Filed under History on May 18th, 2008

Yes, I know, I’m shocked too. Never thought I would say that, but in this instance I actually do. At the World Economic Forum he spoke about the Middle East and how they should accept democracy, tolerance and equality, to achieve maximum economic and cultural prosperity. George W. Bush, self-proclaimed “war president,” said something insightful [...]