Editorial

Hereby we start the new issue (# 6) of our journal...

Author: Prof. Dr. Julia Stefanova, President, Bulgarian American Studies Association | Executive Director, Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission

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U.S. Economy: State of Affairs as Seen from Sofia

It’s Sunday morning and I spent the better part of it reading the New York Times online. In the states, I received a copy on Sunday mornings and I usually read this from cover to cover before moving on with my day. I do the same thing here in Sofia however cuddling up with my coffee and my laptop doesn’t seem to produce the same kind of pleasure that a real news paper does and the news coming from the states doesn’t either.

Author: Ms. Carolyn Emigh, M.A., Fulbright fellow, Sofia, First Language School

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College and the Law

I remember riding in my Asian-American friend’s car together with my Indian friend and two other Americans. Anyone else in my place would have just enjoyed the ride without making lofty socio-cultural observations or thinking too much about customs and national attitudes. But not me, and this is why you are now reading this amazing socio-cultural blog which will hopefully remain amusing and informative and never turn into a rant.

Author: Daniela Ivanova, Student, Wesleyan University, CT, USA

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Digest: October 8, 2008

McCain Changes Tactics?
Washington Post, October 8, 2008

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens during a townhall-style presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. A...

Author: Dr. Kostadin Grozev, Associate Professor, Chair of Modern and Contemporary World History, Faculty of History, Sofia University

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