Michael Vanyukov, at The Blogs

Michael Vanyukov

Mar 8, 2022, 9:27 PM

That's, I'm sure, a vampire Gnaws on bones, bloody-lipped. —A. S. Pushkin. "Vurdalak," Songs of Western Slavs (Это, верно, кости гложет Красногубый вурдалак. —А. С. Пушкин. "Вурдалак", Песни западных славян) What’s in the mirror that you see? No bloody fangs, which would be fitting: you feed on...

Feb 26, 2022, 9:19 AM

Marxian Misnomers: ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ in academia

Like most if not all US universities these days, the University of Pittsburgh, aka Pitt, “committed to becoming an anti-racist institution,” continues on its race war path, the current shapeshift of Marxian class war. To be sure, wars call...

Jul 26, 2021, 7:24 AM

‘Anti-Zionist’ academic antisemites

Antisemitism in academia is not new. High intelligence and higher education have never been reliable protection from developing irrational hate. Nowadays it takes different forms, from trying to boycott Israeli academics (some of the whom, fantastically, support that) to organizing anti-Israel...

Jul 15, 2021, 8:23 AM

Maher’s pandemic and Mayakovsky’s throat

Remember how Bill Maher, the “comedian,” ghoulishly rooted for a recession — so that Trump’s re-election would be prevented? A recession, many of which, he said, “we” had survived — meaning, no doubt, that he would, unconcerned by suffering...

Jun 30, 2021, 7:05 PM

Reagan’s lessons for Gil Troy

When I arrived in America over 30 years ago as a refugee from the Soviet Union, I was relatively well informed about this country. Well enough, for instance, to be not impressed by the cornucopias of the grocery stores....

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Michael Vanyukov holds a Ph.D. in genetics and is Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Psychiatry, and Human Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. He immigrated in the US as a refugee from the Soviet Union over 30 years ago. The views expressed here are his own and do not represent any institution or organization.

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