Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Democratic Discontents

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Warning! This is a long post! Questions about the capacity of government in general and the political system in particular has been promi...
Monday, November 29, 2010

The naked Emperor

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I started the morning reading a couple of the “peak oil” blogs – those who not only accept that the sort of lives modern capitalism has cr...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

landscapes

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Last month we saw a charming exhibition – “Iarna in Pictura Romaneasca” – some 80 winter landscapes by 20th and 21st century Romanian painte...
Friday, November 26, 2010

wine and the Commons

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I discovered a stunning red wine yesterday – a 2008 Feteasca Regal – available from the barrel at 2 euros a litre in the Tohani wine shop on...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

old men should be explorers

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I mentioned on the Tuesday post that I had written a note ten years ago about making better use of my life. Before I come to that, let me ...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Enough is enough

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I think I have at last come across the convincing narrative for these times – in a very accessible paper which documents the discussion las...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Grave thoughts

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When, years ago, I visited the Sapanta cemetery in Maramures, I could appreciate only the aesthetics - the beautiful blue and red of the ...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Books

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A delightful day yesterday at the Annual Book Fair held in the huge Pavilion Expo beside the grotesque Stalinist Press House – which was „h...