Amusing Ourselves To Death
New Members of Congress Today, some 1500 years after the Fall of the Roman Empire, historians still search for the reasons for the collapse of the greatest and most durable Empire the world has ever known. And one that...
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Meghan McCain.. hard at work! OK I am not a Republican. And frankly, these days I am not such a Democrat either. So this is written without political animus. Merely observational. This morning, while I was working out on...
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Battling with The Stars – Rome’s top rated show – ca. 120 AD The Romans called it Panem et Circenses. Bread and Circus. It was the way that they both amused and placated the crowds. As opposed to solid...
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