The Opera Of Language: A Stuttering Soliloquy

By Eric Le Roy

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.Bruegel’s ‘Tower of Babel’

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Content 18+ My Budapest-based friend and colleague Artem (I refer to him so much you might think he is just my alter-ego or imaginary friend like a teddy bear or ghost in the forest) shared the following information with me recently:

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My gym trainer told me that English is a language of idiots as it is very Read the rest

Borders, Boogeymen, and Billion-Dollar Boosts

Content 18+ Immigration is a topic as charged with dynamite as it is with dynamism. I’d begin with the obvious irony: we’re all immigrants if you rewind history far enough. The United States, Germany, Hungary, Russia—all were shaped by people who packed their bags (or were forced to), crossed borders, and declared, “This looks promising!” before someone else grumbled, “Who invited you?” And thus, civilization marched on.

Imagine humanity as Read the rest