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Our theories always outstrip our facts. Giving facts a chance to catch-up.

Showing posts with label Monarchy. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Europe's Monarchies Vivent les rois from The Economist

Europe's Monarchies Vivent les rois from The Economist
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Labels: Europe, Monarchy

Monday, July 31, 2017

How Edward VII Nearly Wasn't by William Boyd

How Edward VII Nearly Wasn't by William Boyd
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Labels: Failure, Fear of Change, History, Innovation, King Edward VII, Medical, Mistakes, Monarchy

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Royal Blood by Isabel Hilton

Royal Blood by Isabel Hilton
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Labels: Coups d'etat, Monarchy, Nepal, Revolution

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Monarchs and mountebanks from The Economist

Monarchs and mountebanks from The Economist
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Labels: International Comparisons, Monarchy
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In college, I used to cut out articles from newspapers and tear out the articles from magazines that I wished to keep. Later, I photocopied reports, articles, and essays. Later still, with the advent of near universally accessible computers, printers and the internet, I printed out that in which I was interested. Now I will try and just use a blog to park those dozen or so items a day that I skim, find interesting and/or aggravating, and intend to come back to later.

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