In the midst of chaotic demonstrations and under threat from anti-LGBTQ groups, an organization made up of seven queer rights activists has managed to pull off the country’s inaugural Tbilisi Pride...
Two men were murdered by the state last night in ‘legal executions’ in Texas and Georgia, respectively. Lawrence Russel Brewer was a white supremacist who committed a vile hate crime and was...
Three months ago, an authoritative Russian daily, Izvestia, began a series on an issue that, at first glance, looks like tabloid fodder. Of course, Izvestia is no tabloid, and this is no ordinary...
A lot of people want a New Cold War. After all, the War on Terror is just too confusing and troublesome and, let's face it, terrifying. Poker-faced Soviet villains had hot side-kicks. Hollywood loved...
August 6th For a little more than a week I’ve been out of town with the family. Myself, my lady, and the kid are not very far from Tbilisi, in Narekvavi village. It’s an hour of driving, less if...
This is a special edition of this column. Here are two things you ought to know about the conflict flaring up between Russia and Georgia: First of all, Russia does not want NATO on her doorstep, and...