Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time.
David RemnickRussian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.
David Remnick100% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first - and the other 2% are lying.100
David RemnickOn Facebook, a lie can seem as convincing to some as an article from SPIEGEL or the Washington Post. That's a problem. I can then like it and like it again and start creating my own media universe, both for me and for my friends, and so we become more and more fenced off from one another.
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