The fastest way to expose a dangerous idea is to make people laugh at it. That’s why propaganda fears satire, why bureaucrats despise ridicule, and why people who demand unquestioning obedience rarely...
11.01.2026 Townhall.com
From the “Forum” to the “Frogs, ” a lot of funny things happened along the way. And if you’re asking for directions, I would point the way to the Avalon Theater for Groove Factory’s production of the ...
10.30.2026 Chestertownspy.org and 1 sites
What images does Thucydides call to mind? His name evokes some powerful abstract concepts like power, war, justice, freedom and truth; pictures, not so much. Serious publications in search of an illus...
10.29.2026 Thesphinxblog.com
Here's something to make you feel old; Amazon is already celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. To mark the occasion, the site revealed its best-selling music, film & TV series, video games and books ...
10.29.2026 Christopherfowler.co.uk
In politics there is nothing inherently wrong with insulting an opponent. After all that's what politics is all about. But it is much more effective if done with panache or wit, something that has not been particularly evident of late. Delivering an insult effectively is quite an art and requires more creativity than simply calling one another silly names. Politicians insulting one another has been going on for centuries. As far back as Ancient Greece, playwright Aristophanes wrote: 'The charact...
11.01.2026 Bangkokpost.com
I first encountered Ayad Akhtar’s work when I saw his groundbreaking play Disgraced towards the end of its Broadway run at the Lyceum Theater in New York City and before it won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize...
10.27.2026 Electricliterature.com
Fables occupied an important position in the literary, intellectual, and social life of Classical Greece. They communicated practical wisdom, criticized human behavior, explored social issues and offe...
10.29.2026 Greekreporter.com
I hope we can all agree that if you live here in whatever capacity, and not just as a citizen, your voice and your rights are as equal as anybody else’s: the constitutional loam of American soil, not ...
10.30.2026 Flaglerlive.com
Greece’s National Star, Aliki Vougiouklaki, could quite possibly be proof that a γυναίκα, whoever she is, and no matter how creative, intelligent or influential, «δεν γεννιέται, αλλά γίνεται», as the ...
10.29.2026 Neoskosmos.com
Greece’s National Star, Aliki Vougiouklaki, could quite possibly be proof that a γυναίκα, whoever she is, and no matter how creative, intelligent or influential, «δεν γεννιέται, αλλά γίνεται», as the French feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir arg...
11.01.2026 Neoskosmos.com
