Category: foreign affairs/human rights

  • Counterpoint

    This is my response to the email I received from “La Russophobe,” whose blog I commented on recently. I have to say that this is the most I ever want to become involved with “blog politics.” I’m not particularly interested in explaining and defending my viewpoints at great depth; I really just express them for…

  • Point

    I reproduce here an email I received in response to my previous post, “How to Tell Constructive Writing from Diatribe.” Dear Josh, After coming across your comments about our blog on yours, we thought you’d be interested in an update on the situation, namely that the author of Russia Blog has admitted that his post…

  • How to Tell Constructive Writing from Diatribe

    Alright friends, I’m going to ask you to compare two blog posts. After that we’€™ll discuss the differences, just like you used to do in school! The first one is at Russia Blog: “Slander” — The Wall Street Journal Misinforms on Extremism Legislation. The second is at La Russophobe (a name which, by the way,…