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30 December 2011
Socialism as a Buzz Word: Why?
19 December 2011
A Beloved Czech Passes Away
Though Kim Jong Il's death is also significant, it was auspiciously timed with a famous Communist dissident's death, which brings much more sorrow. Václav Havel was a famous and principled dissident in Czechoslovakia who eventually came to be president. His reluctance to be president reminds me of George Washington, but Havel had much more healing to begin. His presidency was a testament to his good nature--he never lost himself in politics, but always searched for the light of truth. The Economist did a lovely eulogy for this great man and his death is a sad fact of history. Havel will be remembered kindly. The eulogy touches on what his version of The Beggar's Opera illustrated: living a lie is living a lie. He lived the truth and we loved him for it.
04 December 2011
Serbia + Kosovo = civil?
You've probably already heard the news. Serbia and Kosovo struck a deal on the border after a few weeks of Les Misérables-esque car barricades AND after Germany frowned upon Serbia's EU ascendancy publicly. Am I the only one who's excited? Who's saying, "WHOA" and refuses to listen to any conversation in the near vicinity because I'm so psyched for some Balkan cooperation? Maybe. This does not damper my enthusiasm.
Krtek otec zemřel
Zdeněk Miler died this week. He was the animator of the famous "Krtek" animation that the whole world fell in love with. I fell in love with it in one viewing. So accessible, cute, and universally loved. I am very sad he is gone and that his classic, classy style is no longer to be created. Rest in peace, Zdeněk.
Labels:
animation,
Czech Republic,
news
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