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Why Slovakia?

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary | No Comments »

A lot of people have asked me how I came to live in Slovakia. Answering that casts us back to around 1997 when I read Roger Gallo's Escape from America. The book advances the Perpetual Traveler, or PT, philosophy, and provides ...

The Price of the State

Monday, August 4th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | No Comments »

Dear readers, At the risk of a bit of self-promotion, well, here I am self-promoting a bit. I'm very pleased to announce the unveiling of the English version of Cena Štátu, The Price of the State. The website is an overview of the ...

The state and others respond

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary, police | 5 Comments »

Well, some of the responses to my letters seeking alternate means of identification have started coming back. The Slovak post sent back a form letter listing the documents they accept. Worthless, as none of the options I presented were addressed. No ...

Dear Sir: Wherein I seek alternate means of identification

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary, police | 10 Comments »

I'm sending out some letters today... 02.07.2008 Michael Jude Gogulski Mikovíniho 15 831 02 Bratislava Oddelenie cudzineckej polície PZ Bratislava Hrobákova 44 852 42 Bratislava Dobrý deň, moje meno je Michael Jude Gogulski. Momentálne mám povolený prechodný pobyt na území Slovenskej republiky č. XXXXXXX a v priebehu niekoľkých mesiacov ...

Some time away

Friday, June 20th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary | 4 Comments »

Nostate.com will have a week's hiatus. I'll be attending the Liberty English Camp in Vrútky, Slovakia. It is organized by INESS, the Institute of Economic and Social Studies, a Bratislava-based free-market think tank, and The Language of Liberty Institute. Depending on coverage, ...

It’s good having friends at the central bank

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | No Comments »

Someone walked away with a cool €13 million or so. Not bad for a day's trading. Another victory for the market? Certainly a victory for having the right connections to the masters of the currency universe. From The Guardian: Slovaks open probe ...

Panopticon

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in art, surveillance | No Comments »

Graffiti du jour.... Nový Most, Bratislava, Slovakia, 10 June 2008.

About Mike Gogulski, future stateless person

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary | 7 Comments »

Welcome to nostate.com, I'm Mike Gogulski, future stateless person. I live in Bratislava, Slovakia, where I work as a translator, editor and proofreader. My professional activities are detailed on my main website, www.gogulski.com. I plan to renounce my American citizenship in protest ...

BZZZZ! Police at the door.

Sunday, May 4th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police | No Comments »

I live in an apartment building in Bratislava. Recently there was a buzz from the intercom phone near my front door: someone wanted to come in from downstairs. BZZZZ! (In Slovak) Me: Yes? They: Good day, sir, this is the police, may we come ...

Stateless: “It’s great being free”

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people | No Comments »

I land around 1pm at Birmingham International Airport. Between the plane's doors and the portal, everything is serene. A placid line of fellow passengers trudging up the jetway, into the terminal, though the camera-lined corridors and past the garish signs proclaiming ...