Westdom and the virtue of prudence
Decisions are based on the anticipation of the most likely scenario that then often fails to materialise. This gave rise to a number of notorious historical misjudgements.
Articles by John Brown
Pussy Republic
Sergei Lavrov said it: “There are so many pussies in your presidential campaign, on both sides, that I prefer no to comment.” This jewel of literary inspiration should go to the anales of historic quotes for not only it is hilarious but it also fits perfectly in the Russian establishment´s current endeavour.
Hope over the Justus Lipsius?
The Justus Lipsius, for the likely 99% of Europeans who don´t know what it is, is the building of the European Council in Brussels (the percentage of Europeans who know what the European Council is may be slightly higher). A rainbow over it may indicate, according to a tweet by Juncker´s Chief of Staff Martin…
An amazing lesson for the selfish North
Paciencia Melgar, a missionary born in Equatorial Guinea, was working alongside a Spanish missionary, Miguel Pajares, treating Ebola-infected patients on the outskirts of Monrovia. Eventually, the two missionaries became infected, and their condition deteriorated rapidly. Father Pajares was repatriated to Spain for treatment in a specially conditioned airplane. He asked the Spanish authorities to take Mrs. Melgar along too. The Spanish authorities refused. Yet fate took a surprising turn… A few days later, Father Pajares, aged 75, died in Madrid despite all medical efforts while Mrs. Melgar miraculously recovered, and started donating her Ebola-defeating blood to save Spaniards infected with the disease.
