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• (hack) Thanksgiving leftovers (koff)

  
  Leitourgeia kai Qurbana: Contra den Zeitgeist — Authority: 111
  It’s the first day of December. How the heck did that happen? On the way out to New Mexico last week, I sat between a married couple who were both sick and kept coughing across me. It was Southwest Airlines, so seating was first come first serve, and they made it clear they would rather have me in the crossfire ...
  2 weeks ago

• We need beauty - a note on Byzantium

  
  Ellopos Blog — Authority: 92
  Read at Aeneas Quest a post that draws a distinction between modern colonial imperialism and the practice of ancient Greeks to found colonies in various places around (what today is) Greece. Main differences are that 1) Greeks did not oppress the peoples where they founded new cities, 2) they did not make colonies for ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Byzantium, not Rome, can help preserve Pax Americana

  
  Mavi Boncuk — Authority: 116
  Edward Luttwak is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and author of The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire. Source: www.foreignpolicy.com Mavi Boncuk How Byzantium, not Rome, can help preserve Pax Americana. BY EDWARD LUTTWAK NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009 Economic crisis, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Daily Links for November 14th through November 16th

  
  Akkam's Razor — Authority: 128
  All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s). Take me back to Constantinople, by Edward Luttwak | Foreign Policy - Economic crisis, mounting national debt, excessive foreign commitments -- this is no way to run an empire. America needs serious strategic counseling. And fast. It has never been Rome, and to ...
  4 weeks ago

• Blasting & Blessing: a rainy day edition

  
  Fugitive Ink — Authority: 103
  It’s rained a lot in London over the past few days. Surely, though, that’s no bad thing? For while it would be wrong to underestimate the greater and lesser inconveniences of rain — flooding, the hazards posed by deceptive reflections or slippery pavements, cabin fever on the part of those who, for whatever ...
  4 weeks ago

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