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Last Monday, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the day of Archangel Michael. It was doubly interesting that the day fell on a…

Happy Thanksgiving from Belarus, where we actually scrounged up some turkey and butternut squash (to my surprise). Naturally, this morning, I had…

So. The end of the world is coming any day now. Everyone you know is dying of an incurable plague. There’s a…

I don’t know about you, but I’ve almost stopped going to the movies. The only decent stuff is superhero movies, and most…

You probably know some of the best first lines in literature. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of…

What a week! I used to think social media brought out the bad in people. But I was wrong–it brings out the worst…