The Murky Times
Marina Berkovich
November 24, 2020
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Once upon a time in Russia, there was a period known as Time of Trouble, in English. In Russian it’s called “Murky Time,” a better
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I am a survivor of socialism and I blog here whenever I feel like it, sharing the truth and insights of being a hostage to socialism for the first 18 years of my life and having the courage to escape it.
I have journeyed from behind The Iron Curtain to FREEDOM and I will never give it up!
I write about my experiences, past and current, through my life, my eyes, my heart. I hope you find something that will resonate with you. If not now, maybe in the future.
November 9, 2020, a week after…
Marina Berkovich
November 10, 2020
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It’s been a week of uncertainty, treachery, mockery, flippant hijacking of due democratic process, gloating by the 4-year-long-anger-mongers who had never accepted that Donald J.
Why Trump2020 is The Only Choice, Unless You Are a Socialist
Marina Berkovich
October 24, 2020
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Photo Credit: Diana Mustain Watt Pumpkin Carving Artist: Hannah Watt In the real world, people need to make simple choices – life is complicated
Institutionalized Discrimination
Marina Berkovich
October 20, 2020
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As a long ago victim of bona fide, not imaginary, revisionary or artificially created, institutionalized discrimination, I too want to contribute to this suddenly popular
Surviving Intellectual Dishonesty
Marina Berkovich
October 13, 2020
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My reflections after today’s Senate confirmation hearings. One of the most dangerous impacts of socialism, in addition to food shortages and physical punishment, is brainwash.
Un Free Press Role in Murdering America
Marina Berkovich
October 8, 2020
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So, I’ve been thinking about this for nearly four years while I witness the virtual assassination of President Donald J. Trump and murder of the
Babi Yar – Timeline of Tragedy
Marina Berkovich
September 29, 2020
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This photo, taken by a Nazi Officer in Babi Yar Sept 29-30 1941, was colorized recently. We are each the sum of our memories and
English Lesson 1 for Native Speakers: In Conjunction
Marina Berkovich
September 27, 2020
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My very first English lesson happened when I was about five in my Soviet Union pre-school. Here’s what we were taught to sing: Good morning,
Word Inversion Is World Inversion
Marina Berkovich
August 30, 2020
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In my youth I was fascinated with my “discovery” that all life originated from Africa. There were no blacks living in the USSR. In some
About The Attitude
Marina Berkovich
August 4, 2020
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As I am knee deep in my next pre-query work, I recently stumbled upon a blog by a very famous literary agent. He had advertised