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when academics try to take on military history

Inertia applies not only to objects with mass, but to bureaucracy and large institutions that have grown out of control.
when academics try to take on military history

happy space exploration day

Every year, Russia celebrates the first human flight into space, but not how, or why, you might think...
happy space exploration day

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in free market's name, amen

Self-destructive greed is not good, especially self-destructive greed financed with public money.
in free market's name, amen

holidays, russian style

How the Soviet Union turned New Year into its biggest holiday.
holidays, russian style

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ghosts of the cold war

Nearly two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the myth of communism leading to atheism persists.
ghosts of the cold war