I Have To Always Remember, Writing Is

Democratic Institutions, Even In The Oldest Operating Democracy In The World, Are Anything But Perfect.

Russian Is Such A Tough And Complex Language That I Am Happy Enough To Understand Everything And Read Most Things Pretty Well, But, Without Constant Practice, My Speech Is Not What I Wish It Was, And I Would Sooner Write In Crayon Than Write A Letter In Russian.

I Live In A Country Where, At Least By My Sense Of Arithmetic And Justice, Al Gore Should Have Been President, Not George W. Bush. To This Day, John Kerry Probably Thinks He Won Ohio In 2004 Because He Had Suspicions About The Vote In Ohio. And, By The Way, Richard Nixon Had Suspicions In 1960 About The Vote In Chicago When He Lost To Jfk.

I Think The Electoral College Is An Absurd 18th-century Construct. But That Is The Law.

Clearly Independent Journalists - Domestic Journalists - Run A High Risk If They Dare To Take On Serious Investigative Work.