Transylvania and the Old Kingdom – Opposition and Power
The 1990 elections, the first “free” elections of Romania after the communist period, were arguably not free. While the stage of the campaign was dominated by Iliescu and FSN, the... Read More
Why your grandparents vote differently than you do : The explanatory pamphlet
Since 1990 we Romanians have had a deep political cleavage displayed right before our eyes, each side pleading for our support, promising salvation and pointing the accusatory finger at the... Read More
Survivor : The Politics of Lines in the Sand
Predicting your annoyed frown upon reading the title, I would first begin by arguing that the show Survivor is not simply reality TV, nor a remnant of this once popular,... Read More
The Walking Dead: Power Structures and Elite Theory in a Zombie Apocalypse
“The first law of man is that of self-preservation, his first cares those which he owes to himself; and as soon as he has attained the age of reason, being... Read More
The God of Unirii Boulevard
The joke goes like this: A group of computer geniuses get together to build the world’s largest, most powerful thinking machine. They program it with the latest heuristic software so... Read More
Letter to an awakening generation
“You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They’ve discovered they’re a people. They’re awakening.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune A few years ago my friends and I would often... Read More