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…
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…
The class struggle has flared up! The bourgeoisie’s cosmetic, superficial reforms didn’t help!The 200% Sunday bonus—which the left also supported all along—didn’t help. The constant increases in pensions—which the left also supported all along—didn’t help. Housing subsidies for the middle class—which the left also…
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 ordinary people, lasting and...
The idea of a "deep fear of death" is a typical exaggeration and a typical extreme view. Of course, there is no empirical research to support this claim, and it is a bad mistake to try to force one's own world view to fit such a claim. It...
Groucho Marx's sleeve-stitching beats his namesake Karl Marx's sleeve-stitching in both fun and, above all, usefulness. Sometimes they are even very stoic, for example the phrase: "Before I speak, I have an important...