Tag: Culture

Categories Russia

Ukraine & Latvia’s war on Russian language is self-defeating & foolish, given world’s most successful countries are multi-lingual

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In the 1920s, after its violent exit from British rule, many in Ireland wanted to abandon the use of English. They lost the argument, and the country profited. Many former Soviet republics would do well to heed the Irish example. … Read More >Ukraine & Latvia’s war on Russian language is self-defeating & foolish, given world’s most successful countries are multi-lingual

Categories USA

FIGHT TRAINING clip of kids sees journo lament Russians are being trained as ‘YOUNG HOCKEY BEASTS’ as Americans play video games

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A controversial video of Russian youth hockey players being instructed in how to brawl was seemingly held up by a US outlet as an example of children learning toughness and competitiveness while American kids play video games. … Read More >FIGHT TRAINING clip of kids sees journo lament Russians are being trained as ‘YOUNG HOCKEY BEASTS’ as Americans play video games

Categories World

Captain Tom & Navalny WW2 veteran offensive tweet cases show how Britain & Russia remain haunted by spectre of victory over Nazis

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On Friday, Alexey Navalny is back in court, this time accused of defaming an elderly military veteran. You might say Russia is overly sensitive about such issues, but a similar case in Britain shows it’s hardly an outlier. … Read More >Captain Tom & Navalny WW2 veteran offensive tweet cases show how Britain & Russia remain haunted by spectre of victory over Nazis

Categories Op-ed

As an American who recently received Russian citizenship, the decision has made me cherish conservative values more than ever

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With each passing year, the American people are forced to grapple with increasingly extreme liberal innovations amid an oppressive social climate known as ‘cancel culture’. When will the experiment explode? … Read More >As an American who recently received Russian citizenship, the decision has made me cherish conservative values more than ever

Categories Op-ed

Let celebrity culture burn: Hypocritical movie stars and politicians break their own Covid-19 advice while shaming the rest of us

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While actors and lawmakers shame people and preach to them about the pandemic, their actions show they believe they are far above the very rules they lay down for the rest of us. It’s time we took a torch to the cult of celebrity. … Read More >Let celebrity culture burn: Hypocritical movie stars and politicians break their own Covid-19 advice while shaming the rest of us

Categories Shows

City of London financial sector uncovered (‘Industry’ writers Konrad Kay & Mickey Down)

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Konrad Kay and Mickey Down, writers of the new TV Series ‘Industry’, which focuses on life in the City of London financial sector through the eyes of vulnerable graduates. They discuss their own experience in the financial sector and what made them leave … Read More >City of London financial sector uncovered (‘Industry’ writers Konrad Kay & Mickey Down)

Categories Middle East

UAE relaxes Islamic laws to allow alcohol consumption, sex outside marriage & criminalizes ‘honor killings’ – state media

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The UAE has moved to revise its Islamic personal laws, loosening restrictions on alcohol and cohabitation of unmarried couples as well as scrapping lenient penalties for “honor killings,” the state media said. … Read More >UAE relaxes Islamic laws to allow alcohol consumption, sex outside marriage & criminalizes ‘honor killings’ – state media

Categories Op-ed

‘Please conquer US!’ Why are liberals calling for foreign takeover or ‘international oversight’ of America?

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The US needs ‘international oversight’ one liberal writer argued in a New York Times op-ed, just days after another suggested America should be conquered by other democracies to sort out its ‘toxic’ inequalities. What gives? … Read More >‘Please conquer US!’ Why are liberals calling for foreign takeover or ‘international oversight’ of America?