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The Suez crisis: An affair to remember

Jul 27th 2006 From The Economist print edition The Suez crisis of 50 years ago marked the end of an era, and the start of another, for Europe, America and … Continue reading

29 July, 2006 · Leave a comment

The country that wouldn’t grow up

An excellent short article on Israel By Tony Judt Ha’aretz Last update – 18:05 05/05/2006 By the age of 58 a country – like a man – should have achieved … Continue reading

5 May, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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