The Eternal Romanticization of Bonnie and Clyde
The Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum shows how the two robbed banks and killed people, loved each other and died young
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The Problem with the ‘Enlightened’
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Redemptorist leaders, daffodils in love with their self-proclaimed moral beauty, are not responsible for the consequences of their actions. This ironclad truth was the subject of “Politics as a Vocation,” a famed conference offered by German sociologist Max Weber in January 1919 in Munich . His words then reverberate in our current time. The circumstances when
Read moreRecapturing the Most Perfect Form
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Cultured 18th century British gentlemen were known for their appreciation of Greco-Roman art, and more than a few of these refined art aficionados made their way to Italy to procure a classic piece of history or two for their own personal collections. (They seldom ventured into Greece because, at the time, it was under Ottoman rule.) Over
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