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The biggest problem with naivete is how easily it turns into its opposite. I know any number of

I have encountered a claim that people love others for traits that they have themselves, and I have

Regional autonomy is conducive to liberty, but with a caveat. In a large and diverse country,

There are many people who claim to be in favor of family values; but they do not appear to understand

They dressed the table to make peace Between the Mid-East and the West With their sweet accents

Libertarians, objectivists and some conservatives all make the same error. They see federal

A very powerful and beautiful song by Marina Tsvetayeva at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

For a long time, political correctness had any number of people believe that the Western civilization

Swivel and Sparkle and Splinter passion will bear Aghast over serrated STARSCAPES blistering past the

Soft and warm is your heart, gentle orchid, Sweet and tender are petals you bear Bumblebees crowd

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The Soviet educational system was excellent. Children were taught in grade 6 what most American

What is the truth of power? What can refute all lies? Look at a meteor shower In clear midnight skies

There are many people in America claiming that “the Jews are taking over.” My response to that is

A long time ago, I was involved in an Internet spat over the issue of obesity. People called me

A person is more likely to do something if it is presented as something he values than if it is

As I've been finding out from observing relationships, both successful and unsuccessful, and from

The umbilical cord is blue, The placenta is black and red, The newborn's skin is purple, And now,

A common situation that keeps cropping up is that of people falling in love with people whose

For a long time I found Richard Nixon to be a very interesting person. I believe that he gets a bad

Some of my poems have been set to music by Russian singer Alsu Valeeva. Included are links to the

One constant refrain I hear from partially educated people is that one should avoid stereotypes and

Jim Morrison wanted to kill his father and have sex with his mother, and Eminem wanted to kill his

A lady has put my poem to music at https://www.facebook.com/messenger_media?thread_id=

A day in the life of Lilian Is by most standards good: She stands in her cot quite meekly Until it is

I know you not and in no way I want to lose illusions starry With such a face in holes most dreary

In the old Strauss waltz for the first time We had listened to your quiet call, Since then all the

On relationships, the Soviet Union – and Russia before and after – were schizophrenic. There was a

There are many people who have no value for poetry, even some who see it as pathological. Someone

Cobwebs, cobwebs everywhere In the water in the air On the branches of the trees In the foam of the