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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

WE TRY OUR BEST

19 January, 1999 - 00:00

  Prof. James Mace, Consultant

Having lived here for over five years and teaching political science,
I keep asking myself three questions: Why does such a wonderful people
as those who inhabit this country live so poorly? Is there anything we
can do about it? If so, what?

In a country where the real politics of who gets what thanks to whomever
is in power is carried out in opacity, one thing we can do is to increase
transparency in politics and society. In America we talk about the people's
right to know. Nobody is fighting for that right in Ukraine more than our
newspaper.

In a country cut off from intellectual processes going on in the outside
world for decades and run by people with little notion of what has happened
in world thought for decades, another obvious thing to do is to raise the
level of the discourse through which we try to understand what is happening
to us and what to do about it. The Day provides a forum where this
nation's best and brightest can express what they think, including (perhaps
above all) what they think is wrong and how to at least start setting it
right.

In other words, The Day is doing something extremely important
to foster this country's adaptation from a ramshackle former Soviet province
into the modern European nation its people deserve. I am grateful for the
opportunity to take part in that process.

 

  George Sklyar, Translator

I am nearing 50 and I have always considered Easter, Christmas, and
New Year the best and only holidays worth celebrating, just as I have always
hated official red-letter days and their attendant pomp. Ukrainians are
very fond of celebrating, perhaps because under the Soviets festive occasions
(there were a lot, mostly official ones) were the only opportunity to let
one's hair down and get happily drunk, forgetting, even if for a short
while, about the gloomy daily routine, empty store shelves, boring senseless
work, endless propaganda, geriatric Politburo idiots and local party clowns
with their meetings and lectures, and young men dying in Afghanistan...

Ukraine is free and independent. This is the most important thing. Despite
incompetent administration it is perhaps the only former Soviet republic
untouched by internal hostilities (barring gang shoot-outs and contract
killings, but you can't have everything, can you?).

In a democratic country the press plays an extremely important role
and I am happy to be working for The Day. Its reputation requires
no eulogizing, so I will only wish my colleagues (and all our readers)
a very happy New Year, and to keep up the good job for the sake of this
young national state, for the sake of our posterity. I believe that Ukraine
will evolve into a truly democratic and civilized polity, for Our Lord
is on our side. And I would like the rich and the famous to pause and think
about the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!

 

 

Eugene Starovoitov, Translator

When I tell people where I work they start nodding and saying something
like "Oh, that newspaper. I've heard of it." I like this. I like being
a part of something which lives, makes people think, makes them analyze
the situation. Many Americans, who run businesses in Ukraine, consider
The Day the main source of information and analysis of the situation
in Ukraine. Then, think of those Americans and Canadians of Ukrainian origin,
who happen not to know Ukrainian, but still relate to themselves as Ukrainians;
The Day brings them home. I think this is great. I am happy I am
a part of that. I am also very happy to be working together with such nice,
kind and generous people, perfect professionals. I would like to express
my gratitude to Prof. James Mace and Mr. George Skliar for support and
understanding. Way to go, people!

  Alevtyna Semeniuk,
Technical Editor

My son Vanya and The Day were born on the same day. It is very
interesting to watch both my son and my newspaper grow. I hope it will
be The Day, which will open up for him this huge and complicated
world. Grow big, healthy, smart, strong, and rich!

 

 

  Leonid Telenkov,
This Day in History Columnist

I would every much want The Day, with all its advantages as a
modern Ukrainian newspaper, to gain an international publication, so that
people all over the world wake up in the morning and start the day with
The Day over coffee and live with its information throughout the
day, looking forward to the next day and next issue.

 

  Tetiana Kazanska,
Designer

I am an architect by training and I thank my stars for being on the
Den staff. Every page is filled with text, photos, using different
fonts and sizes. Working on the galleys, with empty windows is like handling
an architectural project. Yes, I am happy to work here.

 

     
Larysa Vydolob, Layout


 

 

  Iryna Obidovska, Layout

The Day is a serious, intelligent newspaper, which differs from
others in how it esthetically presents material. This is a result of the
professional work of many specialists, from the journalists to the technical
personnel.

We are happy that we also belong to this newspaper, which is able to
formulate Ukraine's image abroad.

 

 

 

 

 

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