Russia Reacts to U. S. Election

By Slava Tsukerman The cartoon by the  Russian cartoonist Sergey Elkin is going viral on Russian Internet. Two peasants in the Russian rural area discuss the hot news: “They didn’t count yet in Pennsylvania and Michigan.” The cartoon accurately reflects that for several days news about American elections completely ousted Russian local news from media […]

Here LNP goes again

A recent article properly extolled the Steinman Family Foundation for contributions to the School District of Lancaster towards adjusting to remote schooling. Two things were not mentioned: The family, unlike the foundation established by earlier family generations, has deprived the SD of L of at least $300,000 a year in  real estate taxes on the […]

“We don’t get to choose…”

From the cover of Oberlin College’s Spring/Summer 2020 Alumnae Magazine, written in white on black background:   “We don’t get to choose when we were born. We don’t choose what natural disasters, epidemiological emergencies, stock market crashes, tyrannical regimes, or wars our generations face.  We only get to choose how we react.”     Oberlin Professor Wendy […]

Russian Media On USA

by Slava Tsukerman Anti-American propaganda remains one of the most noticeable subjects in Russian media. The picture above is published by the Russian website usapress.net, which claims that it was created especially with the purpose to provide Russians with translations of authentic materials about USA, taken from American media. It  illustrates “Two centuries of wars: the American […]

Coronavirus In Russia

By Slava Tsukerman The global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19) reached Russia on January 31, 2020, when two Chinese nationals tested positive shortly after returning from China. To prevent the outbreak, Russia immediately closed the border with China, which resulted in no new cases reported until March 2020, after the disease began to spread in Europe. Starting with […]