List of author's articles, page 2
Slovakia’s conflicts are insoluble, while there are no adults to own them
Conflict solution is a skill that can be applied to both personal and civilizational problems.
Home is where the music makes sense
We may share poverty, but never the songs that make us shiver.
The importance of finding the best in others
How we think of each other is the greatest difference between Slovakia and Canada.
A different kind of courage
A Slovak in the New World, an outdoorsman with scars to prove it, it was his first love that still made him weep.
Finding meaning in the Gorila audio
Even though it won’t lead to charges, new evidence will make political choices starker.
Home (for a rest)
Returning from exile is a fine thing, but no one talks about how exhausting it is.
Signs of life on Day of the Dead
Salmon were once a hundred times more populous on Canada’s Western coast.
The Canada I looked forward to no longer exists
There was something in the vet’s bedside manner that evoked in me a longing for the doctor I longed for.
Marijuana is legal and I've got a new roof
Thanks to legalisation, the price of illegally-grown marijuana has tumbled, and my friends had lost their incomes.
The silo effect
There is still diversity in the folly on display on Facebook, even among ‘friends’ who aren’t overtly racist, crude or stupid.
Only in Canada
Exaggerated obligingness is one aspect of life here.
The benign indifference of the universe to our fate
That is what these forest fires felt like.
Neighbours
You don’t choose them, but you rarely want to change them.
No thanks for daddy
To the uninitiated, a 10-year-old’s birthday party might seem like a tame way to spend the day. Ha!
The better it gets, the worse it gets
In countries like Slovakia, we are in danger of ignoring real progress because we are enraged by the flaws that remain, and altering our standards as time goes by.
Begin afresh
I’m not sure if there is a typical Canadian way to get married.
The sweet sadness of emigration
The heart wants what it wants, but is oblivious to the pain that comes with getting it.
Happy boring birthday, Canada
It turns out that drama and struggle are not essential to the good life.
Signs of danger averted
The world has never been this safe, and may never be again.
Liberal excesses make even Trump sound normal
In Slovakia, I was seen as a dewy-eyed liberal. Back home, I am a stick-in-the-mud conservative without even a tattoo to mark him as chill.
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- News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia
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- From Mexico to Slovakia – finding a new life Audio
- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- France and Slovakia: Believing, loving, and working together
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- Last Week: As disease spreads, Fico no longer insists on a “different opinion”
- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
- The Slovak-American who wants the world to witness the quality of Slovak wines
- Bratislava satellite town breaks records and keeps expanding
- News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- The Slovak-American who wants the world to witness the quality of Slovak wines
- France and Slovakia: Believing, loving, and working together
- Then … Now
- Dialects: can west understand east?
- Last Week: As disease spreads, Fico no longer insists on a “different opinion”
- This protest was for Gaza—then it turned into a showdown with a Marxist MEP and a far-right influencer
- We are partners, friends and Allies
- News digest: Police brutality detailed, but MPs refuse to listen
- Benny Golson played here. This year, Jazz Prešov will have to scale back.
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