What I hear him saying is that it's not so much the ideals themselves, the shining cities on the

hill, that are hard to grasp; but rather the landscape -- practical, problematic realities of...

Glad you had a chance to enjoy

the Pacific Northwest.

Lavender, rock rose (labdanum), and rosemary grow all over the place here, as do roses

and lots of evergreens. You can pretty much...

Idesign, Imeant it all as a

compliment. "Seeming" naive or ethnocentric is different from being that. If I ask someone their opinion of my

behavior to learn something about myself, it might...

I'm fond of this post. These are the kinds of

questions we should be asking, even if they might seem a bit naive or ethnocentric.

In my experience, people

from abroad generally have a...

I certainly can't comment on

Limonov, other than to say I'd like eventually to learn more.

But a lot of what I hear you saying is that

Kasparov is an idealist without a practical method...

Thanks for the interesting

perspective on Mr. Gary Kasparov.

My exposure to him came through international chess culture, within which he

seemed like a great guy, an admirer of Western...

I like Kasparov a lot, at

least as a man. I know a bit about his politics, but not enough to evaluate him thoughly. Too bad he has no chance

in Russia, just like our best candidates have no...

Redheads!!