The Aristotle Menu: Eat Like an Ancient Greek Philosopher
According to Aristotle, the world was based on five building elements, earth, fire, water, air, and ether. Gastronomy professor Giorgos Palisidis built what he calls…
Donald Trump Should Lift the Arms Embargo on Cyprus Now
Every day the arms embargo remains in place undermines U.S. national security, undercuts the deployed U.S. military, and signals to U.S. allies that Washington is…
Yoga incompatible for Orthodox Christians
The Orthodox Church of Greece has announced yoga as “absolutely incompatible” with Christianity and not a “kind of exercise” since “yoga is a fundamental part…
Game over for oil… The economy is next
It’s game-over for most of the U.S. oil industry and the repurcussions are global Prices have collapsed and storage is nearly full. The only option…
The Coming Greater Depression of the 2020s
While there is never a good time for a pandemic, the COVID-19 crisis has arrived at a particularly bad moment for the global economy. The…
Leaders as healers: Ancient Greek ideas on the health of the body politic
In the current health crisis, we might ask what needs to be cured more urgently: the virus itself or people’s poor sense of moderation. We…
Australia’s post-war recovery program provides a direction as to how to get out of this
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the world, wartime metaphors abound. And, with what amounts to a war economy now in place, attention has inevitably…
Turkey: Pressures, Attacks, and Discrimination against Christians
When Protestants introduce themselves to the authorities as a church, they receive warnings that they are not legal and may be closed down.In 2019, however,…
CORONOAVIRUS CLOSURES: Everything that will shut from midnight tonight
Australians will face even tighter restrictions on daily life as the country grapples with the an upturn (that will peak sometime inn April or May)…
Thucydides and the plague of Athens – what it can teach us now
The coronavirus is concentrating our minds on the fragility of human existence in the face of a deadly disease. Words like “epidemic” and “pandemic” (and…
3XY Radio Hellas and the Fronditha Care 2020 Radiothon. Heartwarming generosity amid virus panic
The local Greek Australian community has dug deep despite the current uncertain climate to make sure our elderly don’t get left behind. Fronditha Care’s biennial…
What coronavirus has done or could do to your super — and why you shouldn’t panic
Watching the stock market nosedive and freaking out about what it’s doing to your super? Superannuation analyst SuperRatings has a message for you — don’t…