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Cartesian odyssey

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.  4 December 2012 TRAVELLING MAN “Je voyage, donc je suis” “Il est bon de savoir quelque … Continue reading

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A plague o’ both your houses!

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.  2 November 2012 AMERICA DESERVES BETTER Next Tuesday 6 November 2012 voters in the United States … Continue reading

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Like snow off a dyke

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.  1 November 2012 Yesterday, today, tomorrow:  less than a nanosecond on the clock-face of eternity. ——– … Continue reading

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Family

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.  29 October 2012 The family: a moody ill-matched group of self-seeking individuals held together loosely by … Continue reading

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The jet set

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.   16 September 2012 Hey, guys, want a bargain? Well, you’ve come to the right place. A … Continue reading

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Demosthenes

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Partitocracy v. Democracy

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.  The post below is an amalgamation of our recent post “A tale of two Normans” and … Continue reading

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Semper aliquid novi

Editorial note: (1) If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our posts in context. (2) Not all the views expressed in this blog necessarily have the imprimatur of Antigone1984. Sometimes, … Continue reading

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It’s all Greek to me

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.  Athens, 8 June 2012 LOSING IN ORDER TO WIN To understand European finance these days, there … Continue reading

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Athens: business as usual?

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.  Athens, 5 June 2012 Well, here we are in the Greek capital. After Rome last week, … Continue reading

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