Max Kolonko
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Max Kolonko is a New York television producer, author, writer, the U.S. television correspondent for European TVP, TVN, Panorama.

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Facebook Is No Longer Cool

Posted February 5, 2012 | 02/05/12 01:25 PM ET

With its Wall Street debut, Facebook, the rebel child of Generation Y, joins the establishment.
Facebook launched eight years ago with $15,000 and a collection of photos of hot college girls, created a monster connecting today 800 million people on six continents. With an estimated market valuation of $100...

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Poland and Russia Deadlocked Over Report into Causes of the Polish Air Force One Crash

Posted February 1, 2011 | 02/01/11 03:39 PM ET

The government of Poland announced it will publish its own, independent report into the causes of the Polish Air Force One disaster.

The accident, which occurred in the territory of Russia, claimed the lives of the President of Poland, his wife, 8 crew members and 86 members...

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The Mystery of Poland's Presidential Plane Crash Deepens

Posted April 26, 2010 | 04/26/10 05:49 PM ET

According to an anonymous source, the investigation into the causes of the Polish presidential plane crash may be subjected to political pressure which could hinder the ongoing investigation. This, claims the source, is due to the political aspect of the accident: the tragic death of the president on the territory...

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The Death of Polish President Resurfaces Old Tragedy

Posted April 20, 2010 | 04/20/10 01:28 PM ET

"A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time" - Eric Hoffer, an American philosopher, once wrote. The President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, has died tragically, 70 years, almost to the day, after the Soviets committed the mass murder of over 22,000 Polish officers and...

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Lech Walesa to Sue Organizers of the 20th Anniversary of Berlin Wall Collapse?

Posted December 14, 2009 | 12/14/09 01:01 PM ET

Lech Walesa, former head of the Polish Solidarity movement, the man who started the domino collapse of the Evil Empire, is considering legal action against the organizers of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

On Nov 9th, moments after Lech Walesa pushed the block of dominoes...

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Posted October 20, 2009 | 10/20/09 04:55 PM ET

The American public, which has trouble focusing its attention on ABC's "Eastwick" witches hocus pocus sprinkled with slick CGI graphics, was able to gawk for hours at a silver flying saucer blown up by a hot head from Fort Collins.

We watched, because in truth we all very much wanted...

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Polanski's Pardon? Not So Fast

Posted October 3, 2009 | 10/03/09 03:17 PM ET

The climactic scene of Roman Polanski's 1962 classic Knife in the Water leaves the characters torn at the crossroad of their lives. It is ironic that the author of that film masterpiece, Polanski, found himself 32 years ago at such an intersection and made a decision to bail.

It was...

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