Author Archives: Ron Pavellas

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About Ron Pavellas

reader, writer, a sometimes poet

Thoughts on Political and Social Labels

I think I know what ‘conservative’ means, but I’m not at all sure what ‘liberal’ means anymore. I tend to consider “conservative” and “liberal” in the general sense, more than just in the political sense, maybe not even including the … Continue reading

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Putin’s return “a national catastrophe for Russia”

[I originally posted this in November 2011. It seems timely to post it again with today’s date] — Those are the words Yevgeniya Albats wrote in her political journal, the Russian New Times Magazine, of which she is chief editor. … Continue reading

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