Personal freedoms

Free speech and its attacks are always relevant. Especially in recent days. Trump's banishment from Twitter and the removal of the Parler platform from Apple and Google stores are yet another reason to remember that freedom of expression is perhaps the most important of the entire set of fundamental rights, the achievement of which …

Author: Georgi Alipiev The subject of poker is vast – it has many varieties, but in its most popular form, Texas Hold'em, where each player is dealt 2 cards and five more are placed on the table, the total number of possible statistical combinations of the player's 2 cards and those of the ...

Author: Stilgar Naibsky Are you asking about the barracks? Yes, I've been to the barracks. Is it where you become a man? Of course, I don't know of a better place for a man to become a man. Do you want me to tell you? Well, since you ask me so kindly... You learn useful things in the barracks. You learn to shoot a Kalashnikov assault rifle...

Unhindered passage on Sofia's roads is important. However, isn't expedited passage through Terminal 1 more important? We have a situation... People are protesting against the government, which is preventing other people from using certain common areas - specifically roads. The complaints were not long in coming - amplified by the politicians' megaphones: You are preventing...

Recently, modern leftists around the world, including in our country, have been constantly testing the limits of our sense of humor, proposing increasingly exotic innovations in public life, with the aim of preventing racial and class injustice. In particular, the proposals for a chess reform, abolishing the rule that white pieces always go first, can be supplemented with …

Last week, the WHO (World Health Organization) showed data showing that Bulgaria tops the charts for early onset of psychoactive substance use such as cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, and even early initiation of sexual activity. Rarely does our country have the “honor” of being at the top of something, and this usually happens…

Author: Petar Ivanov You are woken up by the bass clatter of a cango, a hammer or something similar. It is 2:15 PM, but you are used to it, you practically use it as an alarm clock. The craftsmen building the third overpass in front of the apartment building finish their coffees around this time every day and get busy with their public works. The TV is abandoned …

Last year, we presented “7 Libertarian Themes for the Christmas Eve Table,” which continues to be a relevant message in 2019. Today, we’re publishing something in the same vein – this time not from the traditional Christmas Eve ritual dinner, but from the traditional holiday TV ritual. The hit comedy with McCauley …

We at EKIP are pleased to present you the first episode of our new series of audio essays! The idea of this series is to regularly create and publish new audio content with our reflections on a variety of political, economic, and philosophical topics. This project is only possible thanks to the generous support of our …

Author: Momchil Petrov An unusual protest took place in Sofia this weekend. Billed as a “Prayer March for Free Profession of Faith,” the event’s goal was to oppose the changes to the Law on Religious Denominations that were voted on in the first reading. The protest was organized by the Protestant churches in Sofia and was supported …