March 19, 2015

The IRS and me

Let me tell you how the IRS scandal directly affects you.

April 16, 2012

War on Women? Count Me for the Defense!

In all my years growing up in the good old Soviet Union, I never met a non-working woman.

October 15, 2011

I Don't Want to Save the World!

A message to the OWS philanthropists from someone who's been where they want to go.

July 24, 2011

The Difficulties of Learning to Speak American

It's not just about what you say, but also how (and whether) you say it.

June 15, 2011

Confession of a Reluctant Tea-Partier

When candidate Obama showed up, I realized that I had heard his typical stump speech every single day of my old Soviet life from big and small Communist party bosses -- the same structure, the same cadences, the same bogeymen.