If Voltaire were alive today he’d be horrified to see how his name has been taken in vain by extremist propagandists. “On Islam, Voltaire was three centuries ahead of us,” runs a typical headline on the anti-Islam website Riposte Laïque (Secular Response) – over a column by the Front National supporter Maurice Vidal, who argues …
“Politics is the worst foe of friendship: for it generates envy, ambition, and discord” – Philodemus, De Rhetorica Maybe, but the lust for money is even worse.
Today is a momentous day in the history of the British Isles. The vote today could have profound effects on the world and undermine the whole EU project, as every dissident group follows the example of the Scots and demands independence. It could cause disruption in the money markets and effect world trade and confidence. …
Department of No Surprises: Eric Cantor, former Republican House majority leader, is joining a Wall Street company, where he will be paid a minimum of $1.6 million in 2015, plus a million-dollar signing bonus. He will be “competing for business and advising corporate and investor clients on takeovers and other deals,” according to The Wall …
“China has got to figure out a better way to sell itself globally. The Chinese are sick of hearing themselves described as a “colonial power” – rich coming from European nations that once subjugated most of the world. It’s maddening that even countries they’ve been trying to help accuse them of exploitation. Nigeria, Zambia and …
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