When Harry Richter, age 8, was picking a second language to learn, he went for the obvious choice: ancient Greek. “It’s just the first thing that popped into my head,” says Harry, a second-grade ...
As we survey the bombed out rubble of the Greek economy this morning we should consider the major lesson of it to us all: We should never underestimate the ability of politicians to entirely screw up ...
It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, this adage appears again about to be proved true by the way in which the United States Congress is dealing, or more ...
As Athens burns after two years under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) – European Union (EU) adjustment program, one has to hope that Lisbon is paying attention to the Greek drama. Since, in order ...
With Greece now well on its way to exiting the euro, it is not too early to draw lessons for the International Monetary Fun (IMF) from its unfortunate Greek lending program. Since never before has the ...
In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober - a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy - argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that could be ...
Watching the periodic flare-ups of Greece’s ongoing debt crisis over the past five-plus years has been like watching a tragedy unfold in slow motion. 1) Government debt is a dangerous addiction and ...
For this Book Salon, we will read the breathtaking Korean book Greek Lessons by internationally renowned writer Han Kang. About the book (publisher's description): In a classroom in Seoul, a young ...
Greek Lessons. By Han Kang. Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. Hogarth; 192 pages; $26. Hamish Hamilton; £16.99 Han Kang was already a literary star in South Korea when “The Vegetarian” ...
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