By: Alex Markovsky (Diary)  |  October 27th at 09:05 PM  | 

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts….For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it. –Patrick Henry | Read More »

By: Alex Markovsky (Diary)  |  September 16th at 03:44 PM  | 

I have studied economics and political science at Moscow University of Marxism-Leninism. The fascinating aspect of that experience is the acquisition of a unique view of capitalism and contemporary American society. No other society conceived itself as a product of exceptional entrepreneurship in pursuit of excellence – rewarded when it succeeds and punished when it fails. Indeed, as we discussed earlier in “Annals of Capitalism: | Read More »

By: Alex Markovsky (Diary)  |  November 1st at 10:57 AM  | 

To say that Obama is a Bolshevik may sound extreme, but as someone who grew up in the former Soviet Union, and holds degrees in economics and political science from the University of Marxism-Leninism, the American political landscape reveals a scary reality: the United States elected a Radical Socialist Government committed to the transformation of the American capitalist free-enterprise system into an egalitarian society with | Read More »