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June 21 2008: The Man That is Oscar Arias Sanchez by: jancsina
Oscar Arias is the current president of the country of Costa Rica. President Arias is best known as one of the driving figures behind the end of the Central American civil wars.
May 26 2008: Religion, Politics And Fear Of The Unknown! by: sharecropperbob
When I was a kid we didn't know any Catholics and probably would have been afraid of them if one showed up at our door!
May 16 2008: Chinese Antiques, China 's Olympics - Less Athens, More Roman Circus? by: DerekDashwood
That China is a glorious civilization in no need of democracy is what we hear from their leaders today, as always. Why the Olympic Freedom Torch from Athens?
May 13 2008: Japanese Antiques, Modern Japan - Less Samurai, More Buddha by: DerekDashwood
The recent actions of Japanese against the Chinese Olympic torch run through Japan shows a nation closer to the civilized world; brave people shaming China.
April 08 2008: Diamond Minds, Blue Skies - On the Train from New York to London, Don't Look Down by: DerekDashwood
An international magazine outlined a rail network that could virtually encircle the globe. It could cut those kerosine jet trails of pollution, with enough dirty coal plant shut downs, to allow us blue skies.In whose life time?
April 04 2008: Diamond Mind, Diamond Soul - The Brilliant Humanity of Leonardo by: DerekDashwood
The lifetime of Leonardo of the town of Vinci was a time of turbulence and violence, yet also the flowering of the great enlightenment of the Renaissance, which began all around where ever Leonardo seemed to be.
March 30 2008: Healthy Lifestyles, Napoleon In London - While Asia Ascends by: DerekDashwood
The world is changing daily. The two old empire building enemies, Britain and France are closer friends, while Asia ascends. The French President just had a sleep over at Windsor Castle. Each have common enemies, they see.
March 29 2008: Healthy Lifestyles, Power, God, and Allah - A New Crescent of Peace? by: DerekDashwood
Alexander the Great was having his people create the greater new Athens at the mouth of the Nile. But his men worried that he wandered west for a holy man and almost died in the sand. They met at an oasis,blessed each other.
March 29 2008: Greek Antiques, Democracy, Modern China - Brutal Panda In Tibet by: DerekDashwood
The recently released television actions by Chinese police seen beating fallen Tibetan monks in their sacred city makes the blood boil of millions of us around the world.
March 29 2008: Greek Antiques, Amazon Women - Absorbed Into Vast Asia by: DerekDashwood
The amazing stories of Greek Amazon women warriors have always seemed as of legend. However, scientists have shown that there exists today golden haired blue eyed Mongol peoples with DNA matches to these Amazon women. They hold an amazing story of ancient survival against all odds.
March 28 2008: Greek Antique Democracy, Modern Healing Power - A Lincoln Could Help Again by: DerekDashwood
The wisdom of Abraham Lincoln in contrast to the rather rash use of power and self interest to favor the rich and punish the poor of the incumbent: sharp contrast. This letter from Lincoln to Grant indicates how.
March 28 2008: Healthy Lifestyles - More Soul Of Aristotle, Less Sword Of Caesar by: DerekDashwood
Healthy lifestyles seem so unlikely for so many people in places that seem on fire: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, Darfur. The world is nearing a boil with the weather and the politics. Time to cool down.
March 27 2008: Egyptian Antiques, The Wiser Promised Land - If Moses Had Wandered West by: DerekDashwood
As the Jews were driven out of the lush lands of the Nile river delta, they headed north into the desert. If they had gone west, and then applied their genius, here indeed was a much more promising land with no enemies.
March 27 2008: American Antiques, Democracy - Thoreau, After Patton by: DerekDashwood
American history has been one of the great stories of the growth of democratic values in the world. A new free people create a new free nation for all. Well, all white men, but now all.Why bomb others?
March 27 2008: Greek Antiques, Alexander, Hannibal, Attila and Ataturk Are New Europe ! by: DerekDashwood
The Europe coming may include the African side and the Asian side as well as now most of the European side of the Greek and later Roman Empires, if E.U. delegates have their way. As well it has all the Germanic and Hun bits up to the Arctic, and Celtic Ireland and Scotland, who with the Germans had been beyond the pale. That is, too feisty.
March 27 2008: Roman Antiques, Teutonic Knights, Charlemagne, Wenceslas, Ataturk- New Europeans by: DerekDashwood
The coming together of so many new nations to create a greater, or Metro Europe just keeps surprising us. Now a Europe from the Arctic to north Africa and West Asia is the talk of the halls in Brussels. What are they putting in their lunchtime brownies? We think the idea is great, the wider Europe.
March 26 2008: Roman Antiques, Modern Europe - Who Are The Sting Rays In The Boat? by: DerekDashwood
Some visionaries see a wider Europe that combines the old Roman Empire around the sea with the Germanics and Baltics to the Pole, and the Slavs to the east and Moors from Morocco to Turkey. Do we see any problems? Alas yes.
March 26 2008: American Antiques, Power, Wealth, Vision - How NAFTA Helps More Than It Hurts by: DerekDashwood
The vibrancy of trade agreements between nations shows that some are hurt, most are helped much more, and the nation thrives. NAFTA has enriched America, Canada and Mexico, even as we each struggle with low cost China.
March 25 2008: Chinese Antiques, Napoleon - Let the Dragon Sleep. Who Listened? by: DerekDashwood
Even mighty Napoleon, who got to the Pyramids of Egypt and to the burning ruins of Moscow, at his greatest said of China it was a sleeping dragon and best to let it sleep.
March 22 2008: Greek Antiques - Athens was Venus, Rome was Mars by: DerekDashwood
Life in Athens was a struggle from day 500 B.C.E. and seems to stayed that way throughout the history of Greece. Beset by much more powerful Persia from the East for hundreds of years, these democratic pioneers fought until they were finally overcome from Rome in the west. So much for democratic ideals for centuries on earth.
March 21 2008: Roman Antiques, Archimedes - Hero of Rome, Killed by Rome by: DerekDashwood
The expanding Roman Empire needed to have Sicily and the refined ancient city state of Syracuse in their fold. And also that great genius Archimedes. Alas, they killed their hero.
March 20 2008: Roman antiques - The Empire Strikes Back by: DerekDashwood
The Roman Empire created a vast area of Europe, north Africa and west Asia. The Germanic peoples were always outside the pale: in north Britannia a wall had to be built to keep these barbarians back. Not any more.
March 06 2008: Tribal Jewelry, President Jefferson, a Mountain Man, an Indian Princess Create Sea to Sea America by: DerekDashwood
To some of the bewigged gentlemen in the Cabinet Room of the new White House,President Thomas Jefferson, accepted as a genius and visionary by the world, perhaps his vision of an America from sea to sea was a noble ideal.
February 27 2008: Antique History, Democracy - Slow Boat To China by: DerekDashwood
Ancient Greece was that brilliant first burst of democracy. Men could be free to speak their minds. And young America emerged seeing the democracy of Greek as superior to the Caesar of Rome, as exists in China today. But how you going to keep them back in the yurt, once they have seen Shanghai? Or Athens?
January 17 2008: Historical Uses For Car Hire by: sparta
A look at some of the greatest things to come out of Scotland and how it could have been so much easier if car hire was available years ago.
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