List of author's articles, page 3
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.
The bewitching power of kittens
The arrow of history points towards greater respect for other life.
A happy marriage? Both simpler, and tougher, than we realize
If experience is the mother of wisdom, why aren’t second and third marriages more successful?
The rites of spring
As a trivial world turns, we lose what cannot be replaced.
Ten dead – but it could have been worse
Monday’s attack in Toronto was not, as many feared, related to religious or political terrorism.
On killing a crab
If you eat animal flesh, you should not be squeamish about slaughtering your dinner.
In Canada, lucky is not just about the beer
MP Peter Marček and his Internet troll brethren are right – I didn’t come home because I missed Canadian beer.
What is one life worth?
Have Canadians, insulated from the cruelty of life elsewhere, become too sentimental? Or have Slovaks been made callous to the fate of others by decades of cynical misrule?
America takes another step toward the abyss
US President Trump fires foreign minister Tillerson to defend Moscow’s lies.
Genetic trash
What has happened to PM Fico to leave him so indifferent to right and wrong?
Nicholson: The truth about Slovakia
I leave knowing that I have seen the best of what Slovaks can be.
Trump as dead man walking: Beware the contagion
First charges from special prosecutor show collusion with Russia, and cooperating witnesses.
The politics of a police shooting
Cynicism bred by a generation of injustice leads us to mistrust even a routine police action.
Not now, Scots told by UK
Scotland's pro-independence leader may secretly be relieved not to have to stage referendum while Brexit underway
Amnesty verdict could lead to early Slovak spring
If parliament upholds cabinet decision and unblocks Kováč Jr. case, more than justice will be served.
Never again; and not this time either
Holocaust anniversary assumes troubling relevance at this moment of political upheaval.
For shame, Mr Gašpar
Police president's signature on uncivilized petition signals new low for nation's leadership
A vulgar Slovak rules
PM Fico’s “prostitutes” was intended to demoralize progressive part of country
Slovakia’s embarrassing Trump club
Both government and opposition leaders channel support for billionaire American xenophobe
Hell in Slovakia
White majority remains indifferent to horrific experiences of non-white visitors.
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- We are partners, friends and Allies
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- From Mexico to Slovakia – finding a new life Audio
- News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency
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- France and Slovakia: Believing, loving, and working together
- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
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- News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia
- Bratislava satellite town breaks records and keeps expanding
- A paper that wasn’t supposed to last
- Last Week: As disease spreads, Fico no longer insists on a “different opinion”
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- The Slovak-American who wants the world to witness the quality of Slovak wines
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- Then … Now
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- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Strange romance: Slovak leaders’ affection for Russia has yo-yoed
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- Slovakia’s rising stars are changing what it means to lead
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