Monthly Archives: October 2018

The European Union’s Very Strange Father

Posted on October 27, 2018 by David Roman

(Updated Oct. 14, 2020) Behold, Richard Nikolaus Eijiro, Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi (November 16, 1894 – July 27, 1972), an Austrian-Japanese politician, philosopher, and Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi. The main pioneer of European integration, he served for 49 years as the founding … Continue reading →

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Diarios de Guerra de Manuel Azaña (2)

Posted on October 16, 2018 by David Roman

(Viene de la primera parte) Los Sucesos de Mayo de 1937 fueron muy complejos y están magistralmente retratados, además de por Azaña, en el “Homenaje a Cataluña” de George Orwell, quien concide casi punto por punto con la visión de … Continue reading →

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May You Not Live in Interesting Times

Posted on October 5, 2018 by David Roman

One may think it really is too easy if life gives you all this material, as the New York Review of Books notes: One of the finest poems by Czesław Miłosz is the four-part sequence A Treatise on Poetry, a … Continue reading →

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