To "be Realistic"—that is, to Scrap any Serious Challenge to the Existing...
Christian fundamentalism and the environmental movement had far more political clout even in their idealistic early phases, and so had to be bought off; in both cases this was done, as it’s usually...
View ArticleThe Village is the Basic Form, the City is an Occasional Blossoming
Ashley, I'd suggest a slight variation. Through most of history, the urban-civilization form of society supported itself on a foundation of decentralized villages; the latter is the basic form, the...
View ArticleOne of the Pervasive Bad Habits of Western Thought
Rita, it's one of the pervasive bad habits of Western thought to assume that all other societies are on a track that leads to us -- this is what's implied by claims, for example, that Afghanistan is...
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Svalestup, av Peder Aadnes
Utsnitt av veggmaleri av Peder Aadnes, en av norges første malere, fra prestestua på Eiktunet. Dessverre har maleriet blitt vanskjøttet og faktisk benyttet som underpanel, derav alle hakkene.
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The English Embankment in Saint Petersburg
View of the English Embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photo: A. Savin
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