Category Archives: Human Dignity
Hamlet Of the Arbat: KP Interviews the Family – Part II
Dear Readers: Today finishing my translation of this piece from Komsomolskaya Pravda — in which the father and step-mother of young “Hamlet of the Arbat” get to tell their side of the story. Both adults, hounded by the press and … Continue reading
Hamlet Of the Arbat: KP Interviews the Family – Part I
Dear Readers: As promised, and continuing with our arcing theme of Early Summer plus machinations of the Deep State plus Shakespeare, I bring you more “further developments” of the Arbat Hamlet story, well, this piece is from a week ago … Continue reading
Young Hamlet Of the Arbat – Further Developments
Dear Readers: What happened to Spring? We just blinked, and it was gone. As the hazy days of summer descend on us, our thoughts turn to … Shakespeare. To Fairies and Elfs cavorting in the verdant forests. And also to … Continue reading
O What Rogues And Peasant Slaves Are Those Moscow Cops! – Part I
Dear Readers: For my next story I have picked one that, as the Russian media puts it, “has resonance” in society. Namely, the recent blaring headlines (May 26) about an appealing, bespectacled 9-year-old boy roughed up and detained by cops in … Continue reading
Euronews Service Closes Ukrainian Language Channel – Part VII
Dear Readers: After some interesting discussions about the Science of Linguistics, it is time to come to a collective decision as to whether Ukrainian is an actual language (as the Ukrainian nationalists insist) or just a dialect of Russian (as the … Continue reading
