Athens

Deluxe of the Draw: R.E.M., Warren Zevon, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Juno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

In case we didn't know the holiday season was fast approaching... a spate of CD box sets, hits compilations and expanded, Deluxe Editions of some of our favorite albums are usually tell-tale sign.

"There Are Tears in Things, and Mortality Touches the Mind"

Tim O'Reilly | Posted 10.18.2008 | Living


Tim O'Reilly

We visited the Athenian Agora and the Archaeological Museum, and in both places, it was the touch of mortality that brought the most significance to the day.

The Politics of Flattery

Edwin Eisendrath | Posted 09.10.2008 | Chicago


Edwin Eisendrath

The biggest question for Americans is not whether we like Barack or John, Sarah or Joe better. It is whether we have the character to recognize flattery when we hear it, and to stay focused on what matters.

John McCain is Sparta, Barack Obama is Athens

Richard Walden | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics


Richard Walden

I found in the McCain-Palin speeches the clarion call for a modern day Sparta in their appeal to blind patriotism and triumphalism, and their manipulation of the least educated, most terrified among us.

Four Years Later, Athens' Olympic Investment Doesn't Pay Off

Christian Science Monitor | Nicole Itano | Posted 07.20.2008 | Home


Sprinklers still keep the grass at Greece's Olympic softball stadium green. But four years after the 2004 Games, it sits unused in the middle of a vas...