Author Archives: Antigone1984.com

Boiled frog

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   15 March 2012 If you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water it will … Continue reading →

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Red carpet

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   ANGLO-US TALKS FOCUS ON RETREAT FROM AFGHANISTAN 14 March 2012 We refer below to the writings … Continue reading →

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Calvin still rules, OK?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    13 March 2010   If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be … Continue reading →

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“There is no alternative”

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    12 March 2010 TELLING IT LIKE IT IS In politics there is always an alternative. … Continue reading →

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“Books not burned” sensation

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    In our post last Sunday 4 March 2012 , in a passage now deleted from … Continue reading →

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Selling off the family silver

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    10 March 2010 PRIVATE AFFLUENCE, PUBLIC SQUALOR “First of all the Georgian silver goes, and … Continue reading →

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Cosa Nostra

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    9 March 2012 SOCIAL NONENTITY We revisit below, for the edification and delectation of our … Continue reading →

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Watch out, Martians!

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  8 March 2012 STAR WARS Here we go again. According to yesterday’s Guardian, UK Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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A Georgian joke

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   7 March 2012 იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე სტალინი In a letter to the Guardian yesterday alluding to … Continue reading →

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Cable cars: theory v. praxis

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    6 March 2012 INTERVENTION IN FREE MARKET BY GOVERNMENT OPPOSED TO INTERVENTION When you get … Continue reading →

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