The ancient Roman Empire—though mainly just the era of the emperors—is an interesting phenomenon in that it offers a wide variety of allegorical material. Perhaps history is at its most interesting when it …
A while back, I stopped at a gas station in Luxembourg where owners of BMWs, Audis, and Mercedes go to fill up on slightly cheaper fuel. There was a street musician there with an accordion. He was playing …
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The ancient Roman Empire—though mainly just the era of the emperors—is an interesting phenomenon in that it offers a wide variety of allegorical material. Perhaps history is at its most interesting when it has some kind of living connection to its own …
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A while back, I stopped at a gas station in Luxembourg where owners of BMWs, Audis, and Mercedes go to fill up on slightly cheaper fuel. There was a street musician there playing the accordion. He was playing “Bella Ciao.” Central European street musicians …
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Traditional housekeeping is often associated with rural life. City dwellers may wonder how much time and effort it would take to make their own vegetable stock from fresh produce. “Housekeeping” is a poor term in this context. It should be replaced …
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Economics and price formation involve the activities of various actors in a free market. The objectives in a free market are incredibly diverse: they have different priorities, evolve in different ways, change, fade away, and are influenced by specific situations and emotions. Furthermore …
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The class struggle has flared up! The bourgeoisie’s cosmetic reforms didn’t help!The 200% Sunday bonus, which the left also supported all along, didn’t help; the constant raising of pensions, which the left also supported all along, didn’t help; housing subsidies for the middle class, which the left also…
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Italian actor Totò is quoted as saying, "With money, you can meet the people you want to meet. Without money, you meet the people who love you." This statement is not entirely wrong. In the everyday life of an ordinary person, lasting and ...
