Articles, tagged with "platitudes", page 1
A Triumph of Greek Tragedy
300 returns to Blu-ray with extras to rival the armies of Xerxes
300 purport to recount the story of the 300 Spartans who stood up to the might of the Persian Empire. By taking his cues from Frank Miller's hyper-macho comic books, director Zack Snyder'...
Mandate? Not This Election
Copyright (c) 2010 Scott F Paradis
Any claim by a politician or party of a mandate to rule from this election is clear evidence of having missed the message. The prevailing mantra to move the electorate has become: "We are not them!" where "them" ref...
Paul Coelho's The Alchemist - PseudoNeoplatonist's Sour Mash
For some reason every time I read an inspirational book I go to it with a skeptical mind. What platitudes will I read, I ask myself. What commonplaces, pseudo-sage advice will I have to put up with? Although Paul Coelho's novelette is passable, it verifie...
The Grey Area of Number Plate Tax
I'm sure that I won't be surprising anyone when I say that we are currently living through one of the worst financial down turns in the history of capitalism.
Nor will anyone be surprised to hear that this crisis was largely brought about by our governme...
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