peloponnesian war

The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

- An engraving of the death of Astyanax I'm still reading The Last of the Wine and I've come to the part where the main character, who is a student of Socrates, meets another student - Phaedo. I'd read the Phaedo, one of Plato's dialogues about the death of Socrates and his discussion with some friends about the immortality of the soul, as told through his student Phaedo, but I'd never learned anything about Phaedo himself. The Last of the Wine writes Phaedo as an inhabitant of the island of read

RadioRebelde: I know how to win a war

I know how to win a war grad school was good for something! (hehe maybe!) The man who seeks to be the next commander-in-chief of the United States said this today. I found myself immediately cynical and disbelieving- after all, as General Wes Clark said, being held captive in a North Vietnamese prison camp (while harrowing and a horror that knows many names- Hanoi Hilton, Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, etc., it is something that I would not wish on anyone. ) is not a qualification to become com read

The New Learning That Failed

The New Criterion recently published a thoughtful article on the decline of classical learning and the core liberal arts curriculum in the university. For those who would like to understand the "dumbing down" of our elementary and secondary schools and the coarsening of our culture, this article probes the root causes. Victor Davis Hanson is a military historian, columnist, former classics professor, and author of A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War read

Advanced Agon: Three Flavors of Myth

Advanced Agon: Three Flavors of Myth July 12th, 2008 in game design | No Comments » I admit it: when I’m running Agon I’m a stickler for Classical Greek style. I don’t just want D&D with spears or a fuzzy Xena-barbarian analog, I want it to feel like mythic Greece. Hubris, arrogance, tragedy — the works. That’s a great thing about Agon: the built-in mechanics pack a lot of Greek punch. But not all Classical texts are the same. There’s one thing that varies a lot, and that’s the over read

World Made by Hand, Part I

World Made by Hand is a beautifully written novel about a very difficult time, post-Peak Oil. Some books hit you in the gut and force you to think; and this is one of them. You may go where you don’t want to go. But it’s quite a trip. The book begins innocently enough. Two men are fishing in a stream near an old railroad bed. They are talking, enjoying each other’s company. It is “sometime in the not-too-distant future.” And thus does a story unfold over a couple of summer months. The only hin read

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BREAKING NEWS: Phillies Acquire Blanton

According to Ken Rosenthal, the Phillies have acquired Joe Blanton from the A's for Josh Outman, Adrian Cardenas, and Matt Spencer. "Outman, 23, was 5-4 with one save and a 3.20 ERA in 33 games (5 starts) for Double-A Reading. Cardenas, 20, was hitting .309 in 67 games for Single-A Clearwater. Spencer, 22, was hitting .249 with six home runs and 41 RBIs in 84 games for Clearwater." The A's were considered to be in contention at this point -- but after trading their two best players, I expect the read

A's Dump Blanton

Joe BlantonPhoto: Icon SMI The Philadelphia Phillies acquire Joe Blanton from the Athletics for three minor leaguers: The Athletics get second baseman Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman and outfielder Matthew Spencer, all minor leaguers. I'm not a big Blanton... read

Breaking News: Phillies Acquire Joe Blanton

Breaking News: Phillies Acquire Joe Blanton Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, July 17, 2008 07:25 PM The Phillies have traded infielder Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman and outfielder Matt Spencer to the Oakland Athletics for pitcher Joe Blanton. The right-hander is 5-12 with a 4.96 ERA this season. More on the deal later, including analysis. Posted in Posts | Share This read

Blanton to Phillies

Blanton to Phillies by John Perrotto The Phillies, according to industry sources, have acquired right-hander Joe Blanton from the Athletics in a trade for a package of three prospects: left-hander Josh Outman, second baseman Adrian Cardenas and outfielder Matthew Spencer. Outman is playing at Class AA Reading while Cardenas and Spencer are at high Class A Clearwater. Blanton is the second starting pitcher traded by the Athletics in the last two weeks as right-hander Rich Harden was s read

BREAKING: Joe Blanton Traded To The Phillies For Adrian Cardenas, Josh Outman, And Matt Spencer

In my view, and this is my freaking blog, Adrian Cardenas is a big price to pay for a below-average pitcher for 2008. A 77 ERA+ for 2008, 106 for 2007 (100 is average), and has been horrible in the past month.  But hey, let’s not jump to conclusions…I read some prescient advice on backshegoes.com: Let’s not be too harsh. He’s only allowed 23 ER in his last 27 IP. Say bye-bye to the rotation Adam Eaton.  We now have our horse! read

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Teddy McCain

McCain sees himself in Teddy Roosevelt mold - International Herald Tribune McCain sees himself in Teddy Roosevelt mold No wonder I can’t stand the guy.* But it explains a lot. *Theodore Roosevelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1901, as Vice President, the 42-year-old Roosevelt succeeded President William McKinley after McKinley’s assassination by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. He is the youngest person to become President.[4] He was a Progressive reformer who sought to move the dominant R read

Interview: Magnolia Summer, Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 Presidencies

(Chris Grabau of Magnolia Summer) Magnolia Summer's Chris Grabau has been hard at work recording new music as of late, but the first new music to emerge from his project in a while is a track on the Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 Presidencies project. Grabau recently took time to answer some questions about the track on which Magnolia Summer appears, "William McKinley: Czolgosz's Dream." (For reference: McKinley, our 25th president, was born in Ohio and assassinated by Leon Czolg read

OLD SONGS: THE BALLAD OF EMMA GOLDMAN

THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES associated with this song, and there isn't room enough to tell them. Suffice it to say the song is the product of a half-decade in my early 20s spent as part of a rather large anarchist community in the Twin Cities, starting in about 1992; I reckon this song was written about 1993. It actually borrows from a poem published in a paper in 1901, published shortly after the assassination of President William McKinley at the hands of a self-proclaimed anarchist named Leon read

#25 - William McKinley, 1897-1901

Our 25th President, William McKinley was the third to die at the hand of an assassin. McKinley was a well liked politician (if there is such an animal) and was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served 14 years and was twice elected Governor of Ohio. After leaving office in 1896, he started running for the presidency at the urging of his friend and political adviser, Mark Hanna. When he was elected President in 1892, he was swept into power by the largest margin of popular votes read

the fringe of the fringe

Londonstani on the wider implications of the Nicky Reilly case: When Londonstani was growing up in his (still) unfashionable corner of the capital, Muslims were definitely not cool or "counter culture". There was little to excite your average hoodie in middle-aged subcontinental men with funny beards and short trousers. (If you're new to "hoodies", click here) Al-Qaeda changed that image, but it doesn't mean it controls it. Londonstani has spent a good few months hanging around with hoodies all read

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Why is EVERYONE so Cranky?

For the next week I am smelling the flowers. I am refocusing myself on my ‘Glass is half Full’ attitude. The rest of the world seems pissed. Phil and Sergio are pissed they won’t win the British Open and if they do it won’t count because Tiger is not playing. Fox Biz is pissed because they launched their station three thousand Dow points ago…to the downside Financial shareholders are pissed because their returns look like this It’s never perfect folks. Barry is pissed about the whole read

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この記事の詳細 | コメント(0) i関連グッズ ［2008年07月16日(水)］ アメリカでは既にCallaway I-Mix Club Headのディスカウントが一斉に開始されました。　 I-Mix FT-i・・・$399.99→$299.99 I-Mix FT-5・・・$349.99→$199.99 信じられないくらい大幅な値引きです。　これにI-Mix Shaftを$99.99〜$349.99の価格帯の中から選ぶのですが、ヘッドと組み合わせても日本でヘッド単体を購入するより安かったりして？ ちなみに国内のI-Mixヘッドの定価は I-Mix FT-i・・・\71,400 I-Mix FT-5・・・\58,800 恥ずかしながら購買意欲を突かれました？　まあ私の場合はシャフトチェンジはあまり好ましくないのですが・・・今使っているFT-i Tourよりも、さらに低重心になったFT-i Tour Low CGのヘッドが魅力です。 最近はまたFT-3を復活させましたが、2回も修理しているFT-3のくたびれ感も心配です。 今日の2時間の打 read

Daily Report for Thu, Jul 17, 2008

Markets Re-cap Interesting that just when the major banks are about to report, the oil prices, which are controlled by the banks, sink. Then a progression of positive reports from State Street Bank, Wells Fargo Bank and now JP Morgan Chase et al have given more oomph to a well-engineered market rally. Tell me we didn’t see this coming. At the bell yesterday, the DJIA (+276.74 +2.52% to 11239.28), the S&P 500 (+30.45 +2.51% to 1245.36) and the NASDAQ Composite (+69.14 +3.12% to 2284.85) r read

The court-martial of the kill-team whistle blower

Chris Kenning's "Soldier pleads guilty to leaving unit in Iraq: Left Iraq to protest tactic, fled to Canada" (Courier-Journal) which reports on James Burmeister's court-martial yesterday and the sentence of jail (six months), reduction in rank (busted down to private), dishonorable discharge (bad conduct) and "a loss of pay." From the article: Burmeister's military defense attorney, Capt. Tyson McDonald, argued in court that the prosecution was pursuing the case only because Burmeister had spok read