Transmissions from a Lone Star: Will America go into default?
The debt ceiling, the debt ceiling, everybody says the debt ceiling. Apparently Obama has to raise it if Uncle Sam is to pay his bills.
// Jul. 22, 2011 - 08:46 GMT
"Deeper Than Oil: Calm down, that’s just your wife’s head in the box!"
I usually avoid watching English-language films dubbed into Russian. Not only as for obvious reasons I prefer seeing them in the original, but also because Ive had some bad experiences. </p>
// Jul. 18, 2011 - 06:50 GMT
Transmissions from a Lone Star: My local mega mosque
Georgetown is a small-ish town north of Austin located in a notoriously conservative county that – until recently – did not permit the sale of alcohol in restaurants.
// Jul. 15, 2011 - 07:00 GMT
Musings of a Russophile: A people not to be trifled with
Winston Churchill harbored an extreme dislike for Joseph Stalin. The feeling was mutual.
// Jul. 15, 2011 - 06:00 GMT
Musings of a Russophile: Russians and Americans - A good team
Some years ago I met an American in Moscow who had started a think-tank or technology incubator of sorts. </p>
// Jul. 08, 2011 - 06:00 GMT
Women Talk: When age doesn't really matter
“Bill will assist you,” a sales agent at a spacious Apple store in Miami, Fl., introduced me to an older guy with a balding hairline who, just the other guys working there, wore a signature blue T-shirt.
// Jun. 28, 2011 - 07:47 GMT
Deeper Than Oil: Russian football slips up on another banana
A lot of people were surprised when Roberto Carlos, the former Real Madrid player and member of the Brazilian 2002 World Cup winning side, decided to join obscure Russian team Anzhi from the volatile Caucasus republic of Dagestan at the start of this season.
// Jun. 27, 2011 - 07:50 GMT
Transmissions from a Lone Star: On rock stars, slaves and free men
Ever since I left the university 15 years ago I have led a strange life, one which has been short on cash but rich in unusual encounters. Recently for instance I have been spending a lot of time in the house of a musician acquaintance whose band had several hits in the 1980s.
// Jun. 24, 2011 - 08:52 GMT
Deeper Than Oil: Does Russia Exist?
I had just come back from a strawberry fayre deep in the Welsh countryside when I heard about the fatal shooting of Colonel Yury Budanov in Moscow.
// Jun. 20, 2011 - 08:25 GMT
Women Talk: Six Degrees of Connectedness
The rare instances when I put out some new photos on Facebook, the only social network I use, or update my status there, I almost always receive comments from the people I don't know.
// Jun. 15, 2011 - 08:51 GMT