According to theists, the whole concept of a world without religion (beter put, without God) would be disastrous and is a concept idiotic from conception. Those same theists attribute basic nihilism to be equal to society-wide atheism, greatly exaggerating the importance of religion in defining moral principles for the community. Nihilism is attributable to atheism [...]

Two months after the incident, let’s look back at the 2008 South Ossetia War, all right? A few days after the war, almost every supposed Western politician was shouting into the world that Russia would be blacklisted, forgotten, and omitted from the world loop. Yes, the worlds largest country would be erased from mankind’s consciousness, [...]

Each time I enter Tolstoy’s world of the romantically depressed Anna Arkadyevna, the in-over-his-head Aleksei Kirillovich (Vronsky), the joyful Stepan Arkadyich and the ultimate sweetness Ekaterina Alexandrovna (Kitty), I enter a world I don’t ever want to depart. The happy and fun parts aren’t the only thing capturing my attention, because to me even the [...]

International recognition of Kosovo has set precedent, whether the recognizing countries want it or not. They say Kosovo is a “sui generis” case, but it isn’t. Russia has used it to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia (while still not recognizing Kosovo), which has upped the precedent even more. This time not such much for the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]