Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.

Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven't altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and, if they don't get it, have a tendency to initiate counterrevolution.

I think that people are entitled to be amused, and entertained. If they see deviations from this classical norm, it's probably good for their mental health.

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer.

If we cannot be free, we can at least be cheap

Whatever you have to do to have a good time, let's get on with it, so long as it doesn't cause a murder.

Journalism is kind of scary and of it we should be wary.