Unaccountable and irresponsible power over other human beings proved not only grasping and cruel but also impermanent. No human being lives forever, and the tyrannos (tyrant), or perhaps his son, …
A unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the highest realms of power and money in China and whose wife was disappeared, Red Roulette reveals the truth of what is happening insi…
Yembo is traditionally seen as the first incarnation of Yemaya, the intriguing oceanic Mother of All life. Few spirits are more beloved, adopted, co-opted, and assimilated than this one. Excerpts …
Wokeness has remade American capitalism in its own image. Talk of being “woke” has morphed into a kind of catchall term for progressive identity politics today. Following excerpts adapted from The …
Following excerpts adapted from the author's book , Peace, Poverty and Betrayal : A New History of British India by Roderick Matthews Why is there a large, modern political unit called ‘India’? A…
The mosaic outside Rome I am like one of those old books that ends up moldering for lack of having been read. There’s nothing to do but spin out the thread of memory and, from time to time, wipe awa…
Nearly all my earliest memories came from Burma, where we stayed for a little over three years. Some of what I remember was clearly real, such as the beautiful palace in Mandalay, with a charming moa…
Direct violence is as a rule not revolutionary but conservative, a reaction to the threat of a more basic change—when a system is in a crisis, it begins to break its own rules. Following excerpts fr…
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