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Miklos Vamos

Budapest, Hungary

Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation’s East European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film Mephisto, and presented Hungary’s most-watched cultural television show. Vámos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays, novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary. Close.

Miklos Vamos

Budapest, Hungary

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October 13, 2007 10:09 AM

U.S. a Bad Example of Justice

This question boggles my mind. I haven’t the faintest idea why the U.S. Congress thinks it can pass resolutions concerning countries as far away as Turkey, even if that nation is a “close ally.” Why do American legislators think they have a right to behave as if they were the only perfect representatives of justice? I’m not even sure that justice as such exists these days, or that it has existed since the two World Wars. If the U.S. Congress feels it should negotiate all the injustices of the last sixty or seventy years, that’s fine with me. But where is the resolution condemning Hiroshima, or the wars in Korea and Vietnam? Where is the resolution condemning the U.S.’s passive stance toward Hungary in 1956? That’s only the first of a troublingly long list.

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October 25, 2007 9:04 AM

Hungary's Reaction: Say What?

BUDAPEST - I am sorry to admit it, but Hungarians don’t pay any attention. Hungarians are dumb sometimes, but they’re not numb enough to listen to President Bush’s speeches. I hope my statement is not too offensive to Americans – though even if it is, that doesn’t mean it’s not correct.

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