http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/07/02/the-white-nights/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:23:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/07/02/the-white-nights/#comment-90815 Curt Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:47:20 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/07/02/the-white-nights/#comment-90815 <p>If I lived in Russia I might wish they had won, but for me personally, if I want to get some Teutonic culture I can always hop on the train and be in Stockholm in six hours. If by a "more develped right side of the brain" he means more imaginative and less practical that is the reason I enjoy coming to Russia, but I think it might also have something to do with the inability to implement any kind of effective economic planning.</p> If I lived in Russia I might wish they had won, but for me personally, if I want to get some Teutonic culture I can always hop on the train and be in Stockholm in six hours. If by a “more develped right side of the brain” he means more imaginative and less practical that is the reason I enjoy coming to Russia, but I think it might also have something to do with the inability to implement any kind of effective economic planning.

]]> http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/07/02/the-white-nights/#comment-90642 Tom Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:53:01 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/07/02/the-white-nights/#comment-90642 <p>Does part of you wish the Teutons had won?A Russian friend told me the other day that the reason the Russians will eventually beat the Americans in the 'great game' is that they had a much more developed right side of the brain.I guess it makes them more fun!</p> Does part of you wish the Teutons had won?A Russian friend told me the other day that the reason the Russians will eventually beat the Americans in the ‘great game’ is that they had a much more developed right side of the brain.I guess it makes them more fun!

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