Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Another old school tie

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My non-Oscar winning friend, dissident Cuban-American filmmaker Agustin Blazquez, who made "Covering Cuba 3: Elian" (has it even p...

Back in the USA

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Just came back to a snowstorm that closed down Washington, DC, "our nation's capital." Just a few inches, it wouldn't have...
Monday, February 28, 2005

Biggest News from Summit? IMHO It's Bush to Moscow for V-E Day Celebrations

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As Andrew Sullivan likes to say, here's the money quote from the transcript of the Bush-Putin summit in Bratislava : (PUTIN) In conclusi...
Saturday, February 26, 2005

Vienna Diary

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Well, the Bush~Putin summit has come and gone, not much news coverage here in Vienna. We are staying at the Hilton, which has a nice America...
Wednesday, February 23, 2005

A Shameless Plug for a Relative's Art

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My cousin, Louise Link Rath, has just put her paintings online. She's a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, founded by Wal...

Let Khodorkovsky Go

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Press coverage about the upcoming Bush-Putin summit seems a little vague. From reading the smoke signals, it is not clear at this point, for...
Monday, February 21, 2005

The Bachelor Stripped Bare

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Getting ready to leave on the day after "Defenders of the Fatherland Day," a Soviet-era tribute to soldiers, sailors, and airmen w...
Sunday, February 20, 2005

A Really Bad Idea from PBS

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The New York Times has already begun lobbying for a trust fund for PBS in this article . (Thanks to Artsjournal for the tip) Among the NYT&#...
Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Ahmad Chalabi: Iraq's 'Comeback Kid'

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According to this AP story , Ahmad Chalabi may have been the big winner in the recent Iraqi elections. Although dumped by the US government ...
Monday, February 14, 2005

Roger L. Simon Released from Hospital

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Roger L. Simon: Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter recently had gall bladder surgery, according to his blog, and is recovering at home. We j...

"We're With Putin!"

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Yesterday, while trying to cross Tverskaya Street (formerly Gorky Street), to meet our friend Alice--who has braved the Russian winter to vi...
Friday, February 11, 2005

WETA Cuts Classical Music

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Another nice thing about Moscow, "Radio Kultura" and "TV Kultura" are all highbrow, all the time. Unlike the dastardly p...
Wednesday, February 09, 2005

The Guardian on Middle East Peace

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In a reasonable editorial, The Guardian calls the latest Arab-Israeli summit 'a moment of hope': "If warm words could solv...
Tuesday, February 08, 2005

The Diplomad is Shutting Down!

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No, it wasn't by Vladimir Putin's iron hand, under Islam Karmov's repressive regime, but America that has shut down The Diplomad...

Condoleezza Rice, Doestoevsky Fan

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This paragraph jumped out of a very interesting profile by Jay Nordlinger on Condoleezza Rice on National Review Online , first published i...
Monday, February 07, 2005

Russian Romance at the Obraztsov Puppet Theater

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Hard not to sound like a a tour guide, as we wind up our stay... We spent Super Bowl Sunday at Moscow's Obraztsov Puppet Theater , watch...
Saturday, February 05, 2005

Inside the Vladimir Vysotsky Museum

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Some acquaintances took us to see the Vladimir Vysotsky Museum today, near the Taganka theatre. It was just fascinating, everything from Vy...

Bernard Weinraub's Hollywood Ending

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Reading this story from last Sunday by The New York Times Hollywood correspondent reminded me that Bernie Weinraub covered the Washington, ...
Thursday, February 03, 2005

Kvartirniki

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On Wednesday evening, I got a peek at my own university's contribution to the Moscow Contemporary Art Biennale: Apartment's Exhibiti...

Inside the Lenin-Komsomol Theatre

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Last night, finally made it inside the LENKOM (Lenin-Komsomol) theatre, to see Eduardo de Filippo's comedy "City of Millionaires&q...