“I can’t be silent” - this is how literature usually begins in Russia. From an introductory statement, which falls because of its tradition. It is indecent to respond to the introductory phrase of Russian literature in the style of "Silent, you will take a picture for the smart." Although some sin would not take such advice.

After Max Weber about the bureaucracy, it is customary to talk about the instance that embodies systematic and reasonable activity. Having proclaimed the era of the beam of the world, Weber created the myth of the main spell -up power, which elects rationality contrary to any manifestations of the irrational. Being a social and sociological embodiment of expediency, the bureaucracy interpreted "according to Weber", the chain Cerberus is on guard of the world devoid of passions and spells.

“I cannot remain silent” - this is how literature in Russia usually begins. From an introductory statement, which is omitted due to its traditional nature. It is indecent to respond to the introductory phrase of Russian literature in the style of “keep quiet, you’ll pass for smart.” Although it would be a sin for some not to take such advice.

The events taking place before our eyes are truly historical. The restriction of the gambling business and control over labor migration are tectonic shifts in Russian policy. The country's leadership takes so large -scale steps that they can completely change the picture of political and economic life throughout the post -Soviet space. And yet, while their deep meaning is quite difficult to appreciate, some conclusions need to be drawn.

In a year and a half in Russia there will be a new president? Can't you believe? Why? After a year and a half, the term of the current president expires, according to the Basic Law, he can no longer run for a third term, therefore, in his place, another is a completely normal reasoning in the logic of the existing constitution. However, it is precisely such a reasoning that causes the smallest trust today, if not direct sarcasm.

I received the task to precede the conversation about home seminars, because I initiated the discussion of such a topic. I received the task a week ago and, of course, could not do any work during this time. In order not to be up to the participant in the battle of Chalkin-Gol, who came to share his memories, I still tried to think about whether I knew anything about home seminars outside the 70s, for which this phenomenon is really characteristic.

The Public Chamber believes that the forum events should become the ideological filling of the National Unity Day. “This is our pilot project,” said Galina Bogolyubov, head of the Unity Organizing Committee and the deputy chairman of the Chamber of Heritage, “The holiday of November 7 was canceled so that there is no reason for communist demonstrations. But in return, we received the march of nationalists who went through the center of Moscow and called for foreigners to get out of it.

What is photography mania? It is not in the socio -economic sense that this is understandable: “soapses”, mobile phones with cameras, “digitalists” (but once recently there were also “polaries” - instant death for all living things) - all this is massively and accessible, before this was not. And in the public-world? A person with a camera ceased to be a professional, a photographer, or rather, everything became photographers, everything takes pictures. Everywhere.

On Monday, within the framework of the days of Russian political culture taking place in Moscow, debates took place at the Russian State Humanitarian University. The writer Mikhail Weller and the chairman of the State Duma Committee of the United Russia Andrei Isaev discussed the Russian political tradition. This set of days of political culture has become one of the most academic.