Yesterday I went to Boston to visit some friends up at Marsh Chapel to talk about academic matters upon my abrupt return. However, I visite...

If I may intrude upon my gentle readers’ time and patience (and perhaps sanity) for a few minutes, I would like to tell a brief story. Some...

Powerful song; powerful anti-war message; amazing band. Not much else to say here about the video. It's kind of sad that I hadn't r...

I found myself reading the opinion section in the International Herald Tribune today, and Mr Douthat’s column (regarding the Catholic Churc...

It’s a saying in Qazaq: ‘дос жылатып айтады, душпан күлдіртіп айтады’ (‘a false friend will make you laugh; only a true friend will make yo...

… is definitely different from visiting an Antiochan Orthodox Church in the US. This past Sunday I went to Alexandrovski Church in С— to wo...

Hub Day lunch break. I've got two hours - let's see what kind of photos I can upload today. From our trip to Talghar on 18 Septembe...