Not very long ago, when my parents were kids, this continent ripped itself apart in a cataclysm of self-destruction. Millions died. Cities were destroyed. World War Two was the culmination of a century and a half of fighting. By the end of it the …
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Euro Trashed
Jesus, by all accounts, was a mild mannered fellow. But one thing really got him riled – you guessed it – those money-changers in the temple. As it was then, so it is now. Who will cast out the “markets” though, as they trash the dream of Euro…
Greece: Archipelago of Dreams
The island of Santorini”In tempi come questi, la fuga è l’unico mezzo che rimane per mantenersi vìvi e continuare a sognare.In times like these, escape is the only way to stay alive and continue dreaming.”The Italian film Mediterr…
Algol: Decapitating the IMF
Medusa, the snake-haired gorgon, turned men to stone just by looking at them. Some say she was enraged by her violation by the sea god.The only person to escape her fatal gaze was the hero Perseus, who used her reflection in his shield to aim the blow …