Posts by sean

"Mirror, mirror upon the wall, Who is the fairest of all?"
The mirror answered-
"Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of all,"
and the Queen was contented, because she knew the mirror could speak nothing but the truth.”
--The Brothers’ Grimm, Little Snow White

Vladimir Putin's recent announcement that he seeks to become Russia's Prime Minister after his Presidential term is over next March has resulted in a discursive cacophony about failure of Russian democracy. The London Times wrote that Russia is "moving toward some form of post-Soviet dictatorship." The Moscow Times said that democracy in Russia "is more a facade than a reality." The LA Times called Putin's move yet another sign of Russia's "pseudo-democracy."