UC Berkeley Is Liberal LOL

This in about Society, and tagged , , , was written by on August 28, 2012 . 6 Comments

From the rhetoric, you’d think the People’s Republic of Berkeley was a sickle short of Communism. In reality however the university itself is fairly standard, probably no more radical than any other in the US. I sat in on a political economy class today (full of PE majors who are in general quite leftist) and […]

Conclusion: Comparison of USA, UK, Russia

This in about Society, and tagged , , , , , was written by on April 13, 2011 . 16 Comments

As my series comparing life in Russia, Britain, and the US draws to an end, I rank them based on my own preferences – with the caveat that the perceptions of people of different temperaments, character, and socio-economic status may differ radically. Then I finish off with a brief overview of the main trends in […]