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Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves? Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public...
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Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
Why Does Britain Have a Water and Sewage Crisis? The discharge of raw sewage into rivers, as well as...
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