As expected, the diplomatic talks between Russia, the U.S. and NATO produced no progress. The opposing sides are far apart. Meanwhile, long trains carrying Russian military equipment are heading in the Western direction. What will Putin do next? Something significant will happen soon. Neither side seems willing to back down. Instead, each seems committed to […]
How do hostile nations prevent a cold war from erupting into a hot one? Usually, by respecting each other’s “red lines,” avoiding escalation, and accepting the existing status quo – even though it may not be satisfactory to anyone. When one side decides that escalation is necessary to break a stalemate, and starts breaching the […]
Like any contestant on Project Runway, my journey began at Mood. (Actually, I went into the many small wholesale shops in the high 30s and 40s first, but they just didn’t have what I needed.) In fact, it took a lot of searching at Mood, and a trip to the 4th floor, to find what […]
New York has been very quiet for over a month now. The bars, coffee shops and nightclubs are shuttered. Fancy clothing stores are boarded up. No more shows on Broadway. Times Square is a ghost town, with neon ads appealing to a limited audience: a few vloggers documenting the apocalypse with their iPhones and a […]
Originally published in Tax Notes on September 13, 2021 – Summary: This article examines a few common fact patterns involving a liquidation or wind-down of a corporation or a disregarded entity owned by a corporation. The form and timing of the transaction can produce surprising tax results.
Mama had the eagle eye for chanterelles. Marching through the dense forest near our summer dacha, she would often stop and point. “Right there, under the birch tree.” To be fair, they were not hard to spot. Yellow clusters in a sea of green. These days, I see them on sale for $29.99 for a […]
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Andrew Hiller is an award winning and internationally acclaimed radio reporter and host whose stories and interviews span from the Muppets to Nobel Prize winning physicists. His commentaries have been selected four times as best of the year on DC’s NPR station WAMU. He is also the author of two novels: A Halo of Mushrooms and A Climbing Stock. Learn more about what Andrew is up to at https://andrewhiller.net/
Just as the English fairy tale has captivated the imagination of countless readers, Hiller’s version of the classic will appeal to a generation of bean counters caught in today’s web of the Great Recession. –James Reiss
This is exactly what good fantasy should be (and almost never is ) – original, colorful, rich with wit and ideas while managing to comment on life in general. You’re good at this! –Mark Wheatley
Vladimir Luchansky is a self taught saxophonist and guitarist from Saint-Petersburg, Russia whose main jam is experimental music. His Jazzy ambient stylings have been heard throughout St. Petersburg, Russia (Vinylla Sky), Moscow (Model T Club) , NYC (Max Fish Abasement) – to name just a few – as well as other venues in Canada and Europe. Next up: his first European tour April 2018. Catch him at his website – http://vluchansky.com/
Elena Kozhina (Aug. 1, 1933 – Jan. 22, 2013) was born in Moscow and lived through the siege of Leningrad during World War II. An art historian, she spent more than 20 years at the Hermitage, where she curated the Old French paintings collection and published two books and numerous articles. In 1984, she emigrated to the United States, where she wrote her final book – a critically acclaimed memoir of her childhood during the war.
Translated to English by Vadim Mahmoudov
Lyrical and hopeful…poignant and devastating
–The Washington Post Book World
Nina Werzhbinskaya-Rabinovich is a Russian born painter now living and working in Vienna. Her paintings have been in exhibitions throughout Vienna and St. Petersburg in addition to being part of permanent collections at the Student Center Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Simmerle Museum, Rutgers University and Graphic Collection Albertina, Vienna – to name a few. You can visit her website at www.ninawr.at to see what she’s all about.
