Stanislav Kalinichev

There was the usual sound of voices and of seats being taken in the audience. The musicians onstage were checking their instruments, producing all kinds of sounds, often very unmusical. Then there was a splattering of applause, a signal that the audience was ready and impatient. Then the curtain...

Let’s skip Honduras; it is on the other side of the world. But as for Switzerland or Germany and all of Europe in general, they seem not to need to do what we do at every step, in every word we say. Or could it be the other way around? Maybe we have to convince ourselves time and again. Maybe...