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Flirting With Disaster
Uncle Volodya says, “It’s like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you’ve made, and there’s this panic because you don’t know yet the scale...
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The Credibility Gap That Ought To Be
Uncle Volodya says, “The habit of disguising ideology as expertise has created a deficit of legitimacy.” Leap aboard the Lyttenburgh Omnibus; what follows is a looonnngg guest post by Lyttenburgh, one...
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It Looks as if Your Dead Horse Could Use a Touch of the Lash.
Uncle Volodya says, “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different...
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The Politics Of Desperation
Uncle Volodya says, “When the waterholes were dry, people sought to drink at the mirage.” Those who are regular readers here know what I think of Shaun Walker, the British Austin Powers lookalike and...
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The West is as Thick as the Earth’s Mantle
Uncle Volodya says, “Confidence is ignorance. If you’re feeling cocky, it’s because there’s something you don’t know.” It’s funny how some posts come to be. Sometimes I stop myself partway through a...
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Europe is Fundamentally Unserious About Mending Fences with Russia.
Uncle Volodya says, “Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.” Certain European communities – usually from the business sector,...
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Ukraine on the Proud Highway: Skidding in Broadside.
Uncle Volodya says, “Don’t waste time beating on a wall, hoping it will turn into a door.” “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well...
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The Stooge Report: As Ukraine Goes Under, Guess Whose Fault It Is?
Uncle Volodya says, “It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts...
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The Best Health Care You Can Afford
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” “No, I mean I’m sorry that you’ve inherited such a miserable, collapsing Old Country. A place where rich Bankers...
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Seasons Greetings From the Masters of Illusion
Uncle Volodya says, “When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.” Nolan Peterson, perennial Ukraine optimist and...
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