Putin's speech - is it to the Russian people? Terrifying. Like a last throw of the dice. (View Post)

In Finnish there is no distinction between he and she. Both are "hän". If you have to make the distinction you must say "male person" or "female person". But in colloqui… (View Post)

Now we know. Z stands for Zugzwang. (View Post)

Meeks's article is excellent. Even if he's not on here he is at least putting out his thoughts and aperçus in the market place of ideas. Better than many a commentator in the mainstream med… (View Post)

When the dust has settled Russia will be a province of Kievan Rus. (View Post)