Are you racially pure? No Russian blood?
Soprano Anna Netrebko, arguably the world’s best contemporary opera singer (certainly one of the best), with whom I have been secretly in love for years (hopefully my wife will forgive…
Our government has dragged us into a US-Russian conflict
The Czechs are helping Ukrainian refugees, but they are burdened by high fuel prices. Your academic colleague, sociologist Jelínková, considers it dangerous and populist to ask in the context of…
There are no ugly men
So again I read an article about incels, i.e. men who can’t find a girl to pick up (involuntary celibate). I’m tired of their whining. Everybody’s been an incel. Or…
Thinking fast and slow about Ukraine
I’m looking through the commentary on the Russia-Ukraine war and wondering where two clear positions are gradually profiling themselves. And I wonder what determines which one one one leans towards.…
The stupidity of Western elites is killing
In recent days, the newspapers are full of articles about why the Russian leadership is proceeding as it is, but there is hardly any text that deals with the decision-making…
Adam Votruba: The neoliberal core of Western migration policy
We should be aware that free migration is closely related to the neoliberal concept of privatisation. Neoliberals do not recognise collective (national, state) ownership, which provokes a twofold reaction: 1)…