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  • Vapniarka, never forget

    Vapniarka, never forget

    From a little-known Romanian concentration camp in what is now Ukrainian territory comes not only the inhumanity of war and nazism, but an inspiring story of human resilience and solidarity.

    February 20, 2022
  • Incorruptible

    Incorruptible

    A short essay on rules and what they mean to us

    January 18, 2022
  • Corruptible

    Corruptible

    Who gets power and how it changes us

    January 6, 2022
  • The Raven and the mysterious circumstances of Poe’s death

    The Raven and the mysterious circumstances of Poe’s death

    Edgar Allan Poe reinvented “mystery” in literature and influenced thousands with his plutonian art, but nothing has been as poignant as the dark enigma his death comprises.

    May 4, 2021
  • Secrets

    Secrets

    A memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

    March 12, 2021
  • No one haiku

    No one haiku

    No one

    January 26, 2021
  • The beauty and the beast -Machiavelli’s The Prince

    The beauty and the beast  -Machiavelli’s The Prince

    The Prince, a work involved in mystery and extrapolations, that has been mixed and confused with the nature and character of its own creator

    October 19, 2020
  • How to win an election

    How to win an election

    Roman politics was not a game for amateurs, especially in times of dissolution of republican norms, breaking down of democracy and transition to an empire, under the rule of absolute power and despotic will

    September 7, 2020
  • How to Rig an Election

    How to Rig an Election

    The greatest political paradox of our time is this: there are more elections than ever before, and yet the world is becoming less democratic

    July 8, 2020
  • Bilbo’s Last Song

    Bilbo’s Last Song

    Guided by the Lonely Star, beyond the utmost harbour-bar I’ll find the havens fair and free, and beaches of the Starlit Sea

    June 20, 2020
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