Life of Pie: living next to an old graveyard
In today’s travelogue, Pie In the Sky takes on a tour of one of the quieter areas of his neighborhood.
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On Welfare State, compassion aside
The Universal Basic Income is, for example, one of the more prominent recent attempts to fix welfare, one that even some libertarians support. The idea is no welfare is not an option, so let’s have the best system. Sadly, I do not believe a best system, even if it existed in theory, can exist in practice. Why? This is what I will try to cover.
Read MorePolitics’ Pseudo Pragmatism Problem
Pragmatism or Principles? Yeah. Right.
Read MoreLife of Pie: Cost of living in Bucharest
PieInTheSky enlightens us as to the cost of living in bustling Bucharest.
Read MoreConstitutions, guns and limited government: a constant uphill battle
As an anecdote, I will talk of someone I know who is, let’s say, someone I had high hopes of when I thought of a move towards freedom in Romania.
Read MoreWines and vines of Romania: the grapes
So we covered a bit of general information and a bit of history on wine in Romania, best wine in the world. Now let’s get a bit more specific and let’s us talk grapes. Well not individual grapes of course, I mean varieties.
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Wines and vines of Romania: a bit of history
Romania does have a history of wine and does have several famous wine regions, suitable from a geographical and climate point of view. Wine from areas like Cotnari, Odobesti, Drăgășani, Dealu Mare had its moments of being considered among the good European wines and are mentioned by foreign sources since the 1500s.
Read MoreWines and vines of Romania: a bit of an introduction
Wine, like most things in this world, was invented on the present day territory of Romania by the dacians, although this fact has been covered up historically by other jealous people wanting to steal our legacy. Georgians and Armenians and middle easterners and the like. All lies. Romanian had the first and the best wine. It is known.
Read MoreRomanian Food – A Short Primer – Part Two
Just in time to honor President’s Day–international cuisine from exotic and fabulous Romania!
Read MoreBorders and immigration: a view from Romania
Disclaimers and such things: I thought for a good while about writing some thoughts on this issue. I see it as quite thorny and not as black and white as most people present it, irrespective of sides. Of course calling things complex or not black and white is usually a bullshit non-argument. Better said, I am not completely sure where I stand on it. So instead of trying too hard, I just wrote some thoughts to get some feedback as it were… It is not my best writing ever, so keep that in mind.
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