Alexander the Great conquered the known world and then died very young; however, he possessed great insight into the philosophy of mankind. This should come as no surprise given the fact that his teacher was Aristotle…
“I do not separate people, as do the narrow-minded, into Greeks and barbarians. I am not interested in the origin or race of citizens. I only distinguish them on the basis of their virtue. For me each good foreigner is a Greek and each bad Greek is worse than a barbarian. “
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What My Father Means to Me, by Richard E. Hoyt Jr.
A while back I wrote about one of the most inspiring stories I’ve ever heard about, the father and son team of Richard Hoyt and Richard Hoyt Jr. Well, in the June 2007 issue of Men’s Health magazine Richard Jr. published a huge father’s day letter to his dad. I figured it would...
My, How History Repeats Itself
So what have we learned in two millennia?
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public...
OXI Day: How the Greeks Helped End World War II
Today, October 28, marks the anniversary of one of the most important days in the history of the world, yet few people remember it’s significance. But the Greeks do, and they celebrate OXI day, every year.
The day was October 28, 1940. At dawn that morning (4:00am), after a party in the German embassy...
