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Being crazy ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
We are at the gloomiest time of year in one of the world’s gloomiest countries. Surely, there must be some comedy to be found here. How can you spot a former AVO informant? They are the people who are...
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Criticism is part of any healthy democracy.
Life outside the fishbowl. I have been told secondhand through a couple of invisible sources that I should be careful what I write here in the Budapest Times. Unacceptable. If you really want to know...
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To market to market to buy a meat product.
I was raised in the North American glossy Age of the Supermarket. It was during this age people developed the first of many fears of things we never feared before. For instance, if a food item was not...
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The colours of melancholy
If you are prone to melancholy, autumn is no doubt your favourite season. The days become shorter, the skies turn grey, the temperature drops, you see summer in the rear view mirror and the road up...
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Money under the bridge
Two and a half percent of the construction costs goes to organized crime. Three and a half percent goes to elected officials and select bureaucrats. Not surprisingly, roads and bridges cost more to...
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Springtime for Hórthy
Given the latest machinations of everyone-hates-everyone in Hungary and the shrill racist remarks and counter remarks, (no less shrill); given all the recent ruckus, topped by an attempt to name a...
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The Orwellian-Hungarian Steppe winds (of change)
We live in re-defining times. In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay titled “Politics and the English Language”. The principles he discusses probably apply to every language when politics are involved....
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Party, party, party
After much hand wringing, sleepless nights, stomach-churning agony and careful deliberation, I have decided I am not going to do it. I know my decision will disappoint some and to those, I offer my...
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Out of goose step with reality
When a friend or family member sends you an email or perhaps calls you on Skype and opens by saying, “I saw Hungary in the news today”, you would not be faulted if your first response was to cringe....
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We, the little people.
We are the little people. We pay taxes. These taxes are usually deducted from our salaries at source. We pay additional taxes when we buy gasoline. Those taxes are buried in the price of the gas. We...
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