Society

Often in more specialized circles, there is talk of the “Overton Window” – the conditional shift of the political “center” to the left over time, as ideas once considered quite ordinary are today presented in society as “extreme”. Here we will go back 100 years, to the time of the Bulgarian National Union of Socialists and Alexander Stamboliyski. The government …

Let's talk about culture on Good Friday. Specifically, about Tsvetelina Yaneva, the retrowave aesthetic and the lost futurism of contemporary mass culture. Keep reading if you want to find out what Tsvetelina Yaneva and Elon Musk have in common. Do you listen to Tsvetelina Yaneva, ladies and gentlemen? And do you watch her music videos? …

The April 1876 uprising is a landmark event in Bulgarian history. The motives for it lie in the dissatisfaction of some of the Bulgarians of the time with the Ottoman state power. The history of the uprising is often misused, but there are two neglected and important aspects in it. First of all: it covered settlements with …

"Margin Call" is probably my favorite feature film about finance. I say "maybe" because the far more famous "The Big Short" will always remain a serious contender. But "Margin Call" has a certain charm and, I would say, depth that "The Big Short" lacks. In "Margin Call" we follow the reaction of a large fund ...

The market process played an important role in the development of Bulgarian society before the Liberation. It steadily penetrated even into spheres and areas that were perceived as isolated from it. Its spontaneous manifestations left an imprint on educational work, cultural institutions and social life. Read through the prism of voluntary exchange, supply and demand …

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 …

Happy New Year! How many books did you read in 2020? Don't worry, I'm not here to judge you or compete with you, as you're probably used to when someone asks you this question. In fact, I'm here to do the exact opposite. Let me tell you that this is exactly how many books you read in the past …

Author: Stefan Boyadzhiev “Variety is life, uniformity is death.” Benjamin Constant is one of the most notable and colorful representatives of the generation of classical liberals between Montesquieu and Tocqueville. Unfortunately, to a large extent, he shares the fate of another great French thinker, Frederic Bastiat, and remains poorly recognized by future generations, 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...