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Dear reader, Have you ever looked in the mirror, signed deeply and said to yourself: “Well …. now what?” If the answer is yes – welcome to Existentialism. If it is a “no” – the previous still applies. Because this… Continue Reading →
Hey guys, this post is my simplified take to a system that is anything but simple. (Check out my Nazism simplified post as well if you haven’t already.) Today is February 1st and in Bulgaria is commemorated as the “Remembrance… Continue Reading →
Walls, walls, walls and some more walls. In fact, walls forever. Once upon a time, it was all about building them walls. Wait, what? People have been building walls ever since the 10.000 B.C. Apart from being practical and pretty… Continue Reading →
Dear reader, I am writing this post for all my students that are currently studying the wonders of WW2, paying special attention to Germany, Hitler and his “child”, the Nazi movement. I will try to simplify the information as much… Continue Reading →
In the unfortunate times of the Covid pandemic that we currently live in, masks are the one thing you cannot go without. To be or not to be? To wear or not to wear? You. Wear. Period. Some people even… Continue Reading →
Happy New Year or congrats on the successful completion of a full rotation around the sun, dear readers. Let this year be less Great Depression and more Roaring! If you don’t get what I mean by that, reviewing the 1920s… Continue Reading →
In light of this year’s voting and presidential elections in America, I think it is only fitting to speak about the evolution of VOTING – this very important, often neglected and underappreciated human RIGHT. It is worth following the timeline… Continue Reading →
I will start this post with a quote from the great book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R. Stevenson, first published in the 1886 – “All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out… Continue Reading →
Things change with time. Things can change in a moment of time. Some 75 years ago, today, on the 6th of August at 8:15 a.m, the first atomic bomb was dropped over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Over a hundred… Continue Reading →
Aaahh Cuba…. Great beaches, good rum, Fidel Castro, cigars, Revolution, socialism, great music, and welcoming people. If you google for example “things Cuba is famous for” you will get the idea. But as you might imagine, there is so much… Continue Reading →
If we were to hold a mock trial of humanity vs. business today with all the rights that exist to protect the individual and its liberties, I would say that humanity has a chance. A small one. Tiny one. But… Continue Reading →
With the renaming of 16th Street in Downtown Washington (on the Lafayette Square, part of President’s Park near the White House) on June 5, 2020, and the painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” in giant yellow letters, it seems only… Continue Reading →
Are you fascinated by all things beautiful? Or perhaps you are just curious to know when and why people started adorning their mortal bodies? The use of jewelry made from shells, stones, and bones can be traced back to the… Continue Reading →
“One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.” Great discoveries happen unexpectedly. Perhaps sometimes you need to get lost in order to discover. Or like Sir Alexander Fleming did – go on vacation. Two weeks long. For when he… Continue Reading →
This post is for my students and for anyone unfamiliar with the method of converting years into centuries. Fortunately or not, there are certain rules one must follow to achieve proper conversion: Rule 1: There is no year 0 in… Continue Reading →
Death. Sounds rather final, doesn’t it? But is it? Well, certainly it was everything but final in the eyes of these long-gone ancient men and women. In fact, for them, death was only a doorway to another life and there… Continue Reading →
Ever wondered about your life’s value? How much would you be worth… in gold? Well, probably not as much as the last Incan Emperor, Atahualpa. We have all heard the line “Never negotiate with terrorists/kidnappers” and Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador,… Continue Reading →
In case you are one of those people that wake up one morning and all of a sudden you start pondering on life’s big questions… read more. If you would like to understand what on earth being religious means and… Continue Reading →
Thinking about revolutions? There were plenty of them, certainly – American Revolution, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, The October Revolution, Cuban Revolution, and so on. However, these were all “modern”, product of our modern times. We often forget that the greatest… Continue Reading →