I know many of us have been caught flatfooted regarding the latest events in Georgia. For one thing, I’ve always had trouble spelling ‘Caucasus’ and Abkhazia sounds like it was a name made up for the next installment of Call of Duty. Whilst I am also sure there are many around who had originally thought [...]

When the Establishment coin a label to apply on a group of people, it becomes a stigma to be associated with until it becomes acceptable. So for example when the British authority in 1775, called the colonists in America “Continentals”, it declared them to be elements of the American colonies in a state of “open [...]