Monday, January 31, 2005

Andrew Sullivan on the Iraq Election

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From www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish : TO SUM UP: Two years ago, the West liberated Iraq. But yesterday, the Iraqis liberated thems...

Novodevichy Cemetery

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Yesterday we went to visit the Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery , final resting place of notable Russians from the Soviet era and before. ...
Sunday, January 30, 2005

Roger L. Simon on the Iraq Election

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Roger L. Simon: Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter describes American television coverage of the Iraqi election, interesting reading, especi...

Coppola Gets His Russian Oscar

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Last night I saw Francis again. This time I watched from bed as he received his "Golden Eagle," Russia's Academy Award. It was...
Friday, January 28, 2005

Theo van Gogh Murder Trial Begins

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Thanks to a tip from Roger L. Simon, I found DutchReport: Murder trial Theo van Gogh . It has pretty complete coverage of the case: ...

My Night At The Bolshoi With Francis Ford Coppola

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Just got home from seeing Glazunov's ballet "Raymonda" at the Bolshoi Theatre with Francis Ford Coppola... Well, actually he w...

Hollywood North

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Yesterday, Russian television broadcast Francis Ford Coppola's arrival at Moscow's Demedovo Airport. His small orange private jet ca...
Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Moscow Modern Art Biennale Opens

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The Art Newspaper reports that Moscow's answer to the Venice biennale has begun, like everything else that happens, with the support of...

Russia Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

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And according to the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS , Russia's chief rabbi, Beryl Lazar, will present Putin with a medal to...
Monday, January 24, 2005

Mapplethorpe at the Moscow House of Photography

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Just when you think the Wicked Witch is dead, here she comes again. The Guggenheim Foundation is sponsoring Robert Mapplethorpe and the C...

BBC Interview: Kanan Makiya

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Heard a very interesting interview with Kanan Makiya on the BBC World Service yesterday morning. The hostess was hostile, quoting Edward Sa...
Saturday, January 22, 2005

John Lewis Gaddis on George Bush's Second Term

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Writing in Foreign Affairs , John Lewis Gaddis has some thoughtful advice for US Foreign Policy during George Bush's coming four years a...
Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Leon Aron on Vladimir Putin

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Leon Aron has some choice words on Putin's choices: But the Kremlin's authoritarian project--while deplorable in its own right-...
Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Russia's "Babushka Revolution"

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The Turkish Press calls it the "Babushka Revolution." We discovered it shortly after returning to Moscow--a series of protests, ...

Ann Coulter on the CBS Rathergate Coverup

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Ann Coulter is in fine form about the CBS report on AnnCoulter.com (it helps that she's a lawyer). Some excerpts: Dan Rather and hi...
Sunday, January 16, 2005

Roger L. Simon on Prince Harry's Nazi Fancy Dress

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MOSCOW-- Roger L. Simon: Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter has some interesting thoughts on the British Royal Family's latest embarrass...
Thursday, January 13, 2005

Something Nice About England

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All right, I've complained enough about the crap culture here, (didn't even mention that last week's Time Out's cover had a ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2005

The CBS Rathergate Coverup

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Just caught Glenn Reynold's links on Instapundit to the CBS Rathergate report, and although the lawyers don't think it is too bad b...
Monday, January 10, 2005

What's Wrong With These People (continued)

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Trying to find some books to take back to Moscow for my American studies course led me to a tour of London bookstores: Waterstone's , Bo...
Sunday, January 09, 2005

What's Wrong With These People?

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Culture shock in London. Especially after Moscow. The big news seems here to be that the BBC broadcast Jerry Springer: The Opera last n...