July 5, 2008
FROM Herodotus and Homer to the warriors of Ancient Greece the mystic utterances from the Oracle of Delphi were regarded as sacrosanct. But now the hugely influential pronouncements of the oracle are said by Greek and Italian archaeologists to have been the result of oxygen deficiencies in the priestesses’ brains.
Delphi, which draws tourists by the [...]
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Only Digital Cells from now on!July 5, 2008
Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens to transmit the news of the victory over the Persians.
Signal was really bad back then: he died on the spot after delivering the message!
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Are Human Rights Universal?July 4, 2008
the concept of human rights is really a cover for Western interventionism in the affairs of the developing world and an instrument of Western political neocolonialism.
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FYROM: Violence and ill-treatment of RomaJuly 3, 2008
The ERRC declares that this case demonstrates the impunity of police in Macedonia especially with regard to acts committed against Roma (31 Jan. 2006).
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Bush’s bankrupt vision, and then some…July 2, 2008
Noam Chomsky | Khaleej Times | Monday, 02 June 2008
In mid-May, President Bush travelled to the Middle East to establish his legacy more firmly in the part of the world that has been the prime focus of his presidency.
The trip had two principal destinations, each chosen to celebrate a major anniversary: Israel, the 60th anniversary [...]
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Human Rights: need for redeclaration?July 1, 2008
Human rights are now invoked in favour of the welfare state and the maximal government it requires. Which is why the human rights movement, although well intentioned, has become a malign force.
