Cinema is definitely one of the best ways to learn history. When they don’t mess up the plot, that is. In any case, take for example the German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. He became a hero for trying to assassinate Hitler. He was executed a little after the attempt. There was a military resistance against the Nazi regime and he ( Read more... )

Now, the question comes again: should any “free” country try to help countries under military or theocratic regime to change things?
First of all, it is certain that any leader that is supported or approved or accepted by another country has high chances to be treated as a dictator and he might behave as such. They may think that they act for the ( Read more... )

Today is the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the military regime of Greece, which lasted 6 years. There is not much to say about that. We all know what military regime means. But I heard a lillte bit of a radio program this morning and they mentioned how the only one who had done something to try to prevent the army from taking over was the ( Read more... )

My Counseling Psychology professor talked to us about Erich Fromm. Inspired by Marx, he talked about capitalism and alienation. He was the one who got this idea that people turn to consumerism because they are not satisfied with their lives and they believe that material goods are going to bring them happiness. Capitalism is to blame for the ( Read more... )

Without having seen the 300 movie, and regardless of its artistic value, I think it is important to say a few things about its philosophy. Roark wrote a nice post in his blog and a lot of interesting comments followed. I will translate some of the things mentioned, with no personal comments.

“The last years the market got crowded with “history” ( Read more... )

There is a poll in the Newsweek website with the following question:
Should the United States seek the help of Iran and Syria in order to fix Iraq?
And there was an article with the title:
Iran reacts favorably to the Baker-Hamilton Plan.
I add to this mixture the Pope's ambition to unify all religions (Mr. Sfekas told us that this might be history in ( Read more... )

So that the gunpowder treason will never be forgot, here is a site that I found and explains the events that were mentioned in the film V for Vendetta. You will surprised to find out that the event was originally commemorated for another reason that V would like.
http://www.guy-fawkes.com/

Sweet November! Finally it's here and it's an exam-free month!
I just finished my Gnostic Gospels paper for History of Christianity class and I upload it to the net before even handing it to the professor! :D

The Gnostic Gospels

“History is written by the winners”. This is a well known saying that Elaine Pagels chose for the conclusion of her book ( Read more... )