Click on the pic. This is an incredibly beautiful and unspoiled inlet on the island of Korčula. You have to walk down a steep embankment (not pictured) to get down to the beach. The only thing down there is a beach bar.
thank you so much for the content, probably the most informative newsletter i subscribe to. niccolo on a personal and random note i am always looking for good book recommendations and you seem very well read. what are your top ten favorite books of all time ( novels as well as nonfiction), thanks so much looking forward to your response!
I miss Croatia. I last visited in 2017 (Dubrovnik and Split, driving from the former to the latter) and absolutely loved the place. Fine memories of lifting at Marjan Fitness in Split!
As much as I enjoy the writings on this site, I'm still not going to pay for opinions. For one thing, a teacher's retirement income is not enough for such frosting on my cake and, for another, paying for such would be like buying tickets to participate in coffee-clutch with colleagues. (The few who are willing to talk to anyone slightly to the Right of, say, Gyorgy Likacs . . .)
Niccolo, since you asked for requests, I'll make a few. I am interested in hearing more first-hand accounts of expat life, especially as the empire is in decline. The British novelist Olivia Manning was in the Balkans during the first stages of WW2 and witnessed extraordinary, mostly disturbing, changes in the attitudes of locals towards British expats. I expect that Croatia today is very comfortable for US expats, but am sure there would be interesting anecdotes/perspectives there.
Re interviews, I'd like to make a recommendation: consider asking subscribers for possible questions for interviewees. Just an idea.
My father grew up in Marijanci, Croatia. He claimed to have never seen a mountain until he was 7 years old, on an exceptionally clear day. His memories are my Yugoslavia.
I always look forward to the weekly Commentary and Review. I really wonder how you manage to find those articles. I've always wanted to visit Dalmatia since I read Eastern Approaches, but that'll have to wait for me until next spring when I finish uni. If you are taking requests though, may I suggest a thread on career/life advice. Lots of young men who have no clue what to do! Also, I always enjoy your takes on Canadian politics, so more of that if possible.
I’m a recent subscriber, turned on by a Ukraine piece, you know that one early in the, shall we say, warvasion. Since then been continually entertained by your work. Corsica! Whodathoughtit. I genuinely feel empowered reading your stuff. Thank you.
Just got back from Croatia and the other ex-Yugo states. I couldn’t believe we went to war only 30 years ago, when I was in Istria and got asked where I was from no one cared that I was a Serb. Met some old man at the park in Pula and had a lovely chat. I loved your commentary about the media manipulation because reading Index and those Serbian tabloids, you get the feeling you’ll get beat up the second you say Serb.
I have to say though, the sea drains me. I’m happy to be back in the Canadian prairies. Maybe Dalmatia next year.
I'm an occasional lurker, and only read intermittently but I will say that there is a massive gap in political content covering Europe in the English language at a fairly high abstract level. I think this partly due to the fragmentation of Europe and partly language. The US is its own thing, and it's so big so there's always some happening going on. For the other Anglosphere countries you have a common lingua franca.
The other European countries are much harder to get a sense of what's happening. Your writing is a lot more eclectic than just politics, but I do appreciate that you cover the European scene a lot more compared to the usual US domination. I also happen to share your views that "le based Eastern Europe" is mostly a meme. The EU as a whole is mostly a subcolonial entity of the US empire in my book, but it's still worthwhile reading and writing about what's happening because no state of being is permanent in nature.
As for your country, it's beautiful to be sure. But in times like these, I'm very grateful for living on the Northern latitudes.
Click on the pic. This is an incredibly beautiful and unspoiled inlet on the island of Korčula. You have to walk down a steep embankment (not pictured) to get down to the beach. The only thing down there is a beach bar.
thank you so much for the content, probably the most informative newsletter i subscribe to. niccolo on a personal and random note i am always looking for good book recommendations and you seem very well read. what are your top ten favorite books of all time ( novels as well as nonfiction), thanks so much looking forward to your response!
I miss Croatia. I last visited in 2017 (Dubrovnik and Split, driving from the former to the latter) and absolutely loved the place. Fine memories of lifting at Marjan Fitness in Split!
As much as I enjoy the writings on this site, I'm still not going to pay for opinions. For one thing, a teacher's retirement income is not enough for such frosting on my cake and, for another, paying for such would be like buying tickets to participate in coffee-clutch with colleagues. (The few who are willing to talk to anyone slightly to the Right of, say, Gyorgy Likacs . . .)
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Niccolo, since you asked for requests, I'll make a few. I am interested in hearing more first-hand accounts of expat life, especially as the empire is in decline. The British novelist Olivia Manning was in the Balkans during the first stages of WW2 and witnessed extraordinary, mostly disturbing, changes in the attitudes of locals towards British expats. I expect that Croatia today is very comfortable for US expats, but am sure there would be interesting anecdotes/perspectives there.
Re interviews, I'd like to make a recommendation: consider asking subscribers for possible questions for interviewees. Just an idea.
Love Croatia. Plitvice Lakes incredible. Loved Zadar too.
How do u rate Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Niccolo? + Can you recommend any favourite recipes?
P.S. Always happy to pay for your newsletter, great content.
My father grew up in Marijanci, Croatia. He claimed to have never seen a mountain until he was 7 years old, on an exceptionally clear day. His memories are my Yugoslavia.
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I always look forward to the weekly Commentary and Review. I really wonder how you manage to find those articles. I've always wanted to visit Dalmatia since I read Eastern Approaches, but that'll have to wait for me until next spring when I finish uni. If you are taking requests though, may I suggest a thread on career/life advice. Lots of young men who have no clue what to do! Also, I always enjoy your takes on Canadian politics, so more of that if possible.
Love your writing long time. Keep it up!!
What is the most unique thing about Canadian politics?
I’m a recent subscriber, turned on by a Ukraine piece, you know that one early in the, shall we say, warvasion. Since then been continually entertained by your work. Corsica! Whodathoughtit. I genuinely feel empowered reading your stuff. Thank you.
Just got back from Croatia and the other ex-Yugo states. I couldn’t believe we went to war only 30 years ago, when I was in Istria and got asked where I was from no one cared that I was a Serb. Met some old man at the park in Pula and had a lovely chat. I loved your commentary about the media manipulation because reading Index and those Serbian tabloids, you get the feeling you’ll get beat up the second you say Serb.
I have to say though, the sea drains me. I’m happy to be back in the Canadian prairies. Maybe Dalmatia next year.
Gangsta rap lobby...who wouldve known they were that far back then
I'm an occasional lurker, and only read intermittently but I will say that there is a massive gap in political content covering Europe in the English language at a fairly high abstract level. I think this partly due to the fragmentation of Europe and partly language. The US is its own thing, and it's so big so there's always some happening going on. For the other Anglosphere countries you have a common lingua franca.
The other European countries are much harder to get a sense of what's happening. Your writing is a lot more eclectic than just politics, but I do appreciate that you cover the European scene a lot more compared to the usual US domination. I also happen to share your views that "le based Eastern Europe" is mostly a meme. The EU as a whole is mostly a subcolonial entity of the US empire in my book, but it's still worthwhile reading and writing about what's happening because no state of being is permanent in nature.
As for your country, it's beautiful to be sure. But in times like these, I'm very grateful for living on the Northern latitudes.