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grease the wheels: gentlemen’s agreements

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Dave

Return of the dance of the Seven Sisters. The seven occidental oil companies that control world supply, distribution and refining won’t likely arise again. But it is still oil that greases the wheel that makes the world spin. No matter … Continue reading →

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lessing and nathan the wise guy

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Dave

It says much about the Enlightenment spirit that the playwright Gotthold Lessing preferred to look upon himself as a critic. It says much about Lessing the critic that his greatest work of poetic criticism was entitled Laokoon. To Lessing, the … Continue reading →