The cover story of a recent Economist magazine, read “The beginning of the end of Putin.” The deeper meaning of those well chosen words might be “The beginning of the end of autocracy.” As always in Russia, there is a third side of the coin. Putin … [Read more...]
Writing for the Russian Media
For almost a year now I have been writing for the respected Russian news media RIA Novosti. I and about six others write weekly columns on various subjects. My column is called “Musings of a Russophile” and comes out each Friday. The subject may be … [Read more...]
What Is To Be Done?
What is to be done to move Russia into the 21st century world? It always has been a very tough question, but more possible of success today than ever before. It will lift Russians who can accomplish so much more if they develop an environment of … [Read more...]
Talking to our Future World Business Leaders
``````23456 I had the privilege of addressing the Executive MBA (EMBA) class at Colorado State University this week in preparation for their June trip to Russia. My book, “Walking on Ice, An American Businessman in Russia” is a textbook for this … [Read more...]
PRAGUE~ A very special city
From my global travels there is a short list of cities that remain as very special places to me, for many different reasons. Prague, in the Czech Republic, is certainly one of them. I had a business there. Prague has been a political, cultural … [Read more...]
Russian Economics
“The economic system of Russia has undergone such rapid changes that it is impossible to obtain a precise and accurate account of it. Almost everything one can say about the country is true and false at the same … [Read more...]
About Screenplays~”Dos Gringos” a film?
A friend asked me, “Do you have a story?” When I said I did, she encouraged me to take a screen-writing course, which I did. That started my writing life. I took lots of film courses, but then met a woman who was a line-producer for John … [Read more...]
A Fragmented World?
A few years ago I hired a guy to fix my Mac. He said he had to “defragment” the disk. So I learned about that. Then I got in my car to drive to LA and as usual KUSC (my favorite classical music station) was on the radio. A radio host asked a … [Read more...]
Learning by Giving
I learn so much when I give a talk to groups about my books and my writing. The story I tell depends much on who it is told to. The audience determines my message, although sometimes there is still a surprise in there for me. Recently, my talks … [Read more...]