A 2,000-year-old Weather Station
The 'Tower of the Winds' was constructed in such a stylish and elegant manner, that it inspired many Western architects over the centuries.
Did the Athenians have the best tax system ever?
Imagine a system of taxation where only the rich contribute, while middle and lower class citizens don’t have to pay any taxes. On top of that, imagine that in this system, the rich love to pay their taxes and...
I read books. I know stuff.
How wonderfully passionate are the many ways that Socrates and Plato try to convince us that the only safe way that leads us to happiness, is education. Plato dreamed of public libraries, public lectures, education being a basic element...
JFK and Solon
John F. Kennedy's Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, April 27, 1961 'Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed--and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for...
Britain should never forget
In those "darkest hours" Greece was the only allied country that kept on fighting...