Sheez! How does one deal with information overload on the net? Information overload period. I honestly don’t think I’m getting a valid picture of a subject online if I only consult one or two sources, so I might “Google” something (or as Microsoft would have you do, “Bing” it), which multiplies that by 25 discreet [...]
Entries from July 2009
16 July 09
The idea of provincia – then and now
I was reading The Ancient Mediterranean World: From the Stone Age to A.D. 600 (Oxford 2004), and came across an interesting passage attributed to contemporaneous historian Polybius, that Rome had accomplished the feat of “conquering the world” by 168 B.C. – the year they defeated the Macedonian king who ruled much of the Greek world [...]
8 July 09
The Pope on the economy
Pope Benedict XVI issued his third “encyclical”, which, according to the Wall Street Journal, was aimed “mainly” at the G-8 leaders gathered in Italy this week. I thought it rang very true. Plus in the end he gives a shout-out to credit unions – which are a way better alternative to banks.
Here’s the transcript [from [...]
