The Unforeseen Consequences of War “’Are you okay, man?’ ‘Yeah, I’m good.’ It’s a lie. I wonder if I will ever be good again.” –David Bellavia Multiple consequences stem from Russia’s appointment of an autonomous Chechen leader. This, coupled with Moscow’s lack of recognition of the Chechen people’s only true representative, indirectly led to the […]
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Fifty Shades of Green, a book by Sandra Knauf, is a feminist/gardener response to that other book. It’s a wonderfully entertaining anthology of twelve naughty gardening stories with strong female protagonists. The talented authors of these tales hail from across the U.S. and Britain—and most are genuine hands-in-the-dirt gardeners. US Represented caught up with Sandra to
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The white door with peeling paint closed in my face as my mother and aunt retreated into the room. I was caught off guard by my banishment. As an only child, visiting my aunts and uncles, who had dozens of children, was always fun for me. Lots of playmates and lots of people to blame
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Early in the morning of February 28th, 2015 Moscow time, unknown assailants gunned down Boris Nemtsov – physicist and strong supporter of liberal democratic reforms – on a popular bridge just down the hill from the Kremlin and Red Square. This is the same bridge where, in 1993, Boris Yeltsin positioned tanks in an attempt
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