WORD COUNT: 1207 I know it’s rather egotistical but I like to think of myself as rather well-traveled. I’ve certainly visited a few countries, and lived in a few as well, and I am at least minimally aware that different people around the world live in different ways. It’s what makes this world so fascinating. But I’ve never seen anything like the bilingualism here in … Continue reading Double Tongued
WORD COUNT: 1221 In America, and by extension “The West”, a strange duality exists. By turns, you are either a cowering, timid serf or else a rampaging, narcissistic royal shit. Often, these flips in social roles happen multiple times a day. During the day, while you’re either A) a student or B) an employee, you ease into your morning as a faceless serf. The company … Continue reading Equality Sucks
Word Count: 2875 My goodness, where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday that I was getting a police escort out of Romania. Can it really be possible that I’ve been in Moldova for six months? Well, of course, the answer is yes. And what a long, strange trip it’s been. I’ve been writing for a while about living here, but a number … Continue reading 6 Months in Moldova
Word Count: 1743 I say tomato, you say tomato. I say Country X is a real country, you say it isn’t. I keep hearing “experts” throw the idea of Transnistria around quite a lot while at the same time being sure to emphasize its illegitimacy. But if you boil down all the treaties, debate and political maneuvers since the Treaty of Wesphalia into their pure … Continue reading When You Don’t Officially Exist
Word count: 421 What happens when the United States appoints a new ambassador to a friendly, allied country? There’s a little ceremony and then a press release goes out. Right? Well that’s sort of what happened today. The United States now has a new ambassador to Moldova and here he is, saying hello to the people of RM in both Romanian and Russian with professional … Continue reading The Curious Case of the Half Ambassador
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