"After a long search, the ancient city of Altinum--considered to be the predecessor of Venice--has been discovered. In a report published this week in Science, archaeologists at the University of Padua also report that the most popular of Venetian tourist attractions, the Grand Canal, was flowing through the Roman trade town as long as 1,500 years ago.
Altinum plays a major role in Venice's history--it was one of the richest Roman settlements but inhabitants fled before the advance of the armies of Attila the Hun. Then as water levels rose, the abandoned city sank into the lagoon. Its walls remain covered by fields today. And this is why the ancient city has remained undiscovered for such a long time."
I am not an insider, and so I read the papers, watch the networks (more like Jon Stewart, but OK), and poke about on the internet to get my news.
Just like most folks, I make my judgments about what's going on in the world on the basis of this information. This blog is an attempt to record some of them.
Because I've had some experience in international affairs, I might have a few counterintuitive reads on things that others might find interesting--or at least I hope so.
But, caveat emptor, since I have no inside information, the best I can do is assume:
a) that the actors being analyzed are behaving rationally, and
b) that the facts as they are reported in open sources are pretty much the facts.
"All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values."
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