The ‘Red Line’ The U.S. Crossed Long Ago
Posted on 27. Apr, 2013 by Lucy Raed in Analysis, Politics
The cheerleaders of the military industrial complex are revving themselves up for yet another American misadventure overseas. Sketchy, second-hand reports have appeared that seem to confirm the limited use of sarin gas by forces under the control of president-for-life Bashar al-Assad against Syrian rebels. President Obama had previously marked the use of chemical weapons in [...]
Theo’s Twit Of The Week: The Eurozone Edition
Posted on 10. Jun, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Current Events, Politics
No matter how much lipstick you smear on these sows, the PIIGS aren’t getting any prettier… or less expensive. Any conversation about which is the ugliest (though certainly not fattest) of these ungulates leads us to Greece. And this week, whenever the topic of the Grexit comes up, it is difficult to avoid the name [...]
The Rise Of The Greeks
Posted on 16. Sep, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Current Events, History
Alexander III of Macedon, known to history as Alexander the Great, took the disorganized city-states of Greece and forged them into the backbone of one of the largest empires of the ancient era. He brought the civilizations from the glittering Ionian Sea to to the rough mountains of the Himalayas under the heel of his [...]
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