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Notes From All Over (3/02/2014): Ghosts, Empire, and Tribal Honor

Tags:Dogs of War, Ecology, Education, History, Japan, Monied Interests, Notes From All Over, Pakistan, Romans and Grecians, Southeast Asia, The Middle Kingdom, Wealth

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. TOP BILLING “‘The standard of living in ancient societies: a comparison between the Han Empire, the Roman Empire, and Babylonia“ Bas van Leeuwen, Reinhard Pirgruber, and Jieli van Leeuwen-Li. Working Papers 50, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History. The global and long-term development of […]

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Notes From All Over (26/11/13): Germs, Governments. and Gettysburg

Tags:By The People, Culture, Demographics, Dogs of War, Epidemiology, Futuristics, History, Narrative, Notes From All Over, Persia, The Presidency

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. This is the first “Notes From All Over” I have written this month, so this list is a long one. TOP BILLING When We Lose Antibiotics, Here’s Everything Else We’ll Lose TooMaryn McKenna. Wired. 20 November 2013. If we really lost antibiotics to advancing drug resistance […]

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Notes From All Over (August 2013) Wars, Graphs, and Biospheres

Tags:Complex Systems, Ecology, Europa Regina, Geopolitics, History, Military Affairs, Monied Interests, Notes From All Over, Southeast Asia, The Middle Kingdom, Wealth

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. TOP BILLING “How To Lose a War: A Primer“Mark Safranski. Zenpundit.com. 28 July 2013. Since Pakistan is now attempting to get its victory over the United States in Afghanistan formally ratified, now seemed to be a good time to reflect on the performance of American […]

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Notes From All Over (14/5/2013) – Historical Linguistics, Guanxi, and Scary Government Data Bases

Tags:Climate, Culture, Geopolitics, Military Affairs, Near East, Notes From All Over, Oligarchy, The Middle Kingdom, Tyranny

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit.This one is a bit smaller than normal; there are a few other posts or essays that deserve to go here, but I hope to devote entire posts to them at a later date. TOP BILLING:“An Introduction to Historical Linguistics’ – Terry Crowley and Claire Bowern. Part […]

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Notes From All Over (14/4/2013) – Digital Feudalism, Macrohistory, and Energy

Tags:Culture, Energy, Epidemiology, History, Japan, Military Affairs, Notes From All Over, Political Theory, Southeast Asia, The Middle Kingdom, Tyranny, Wealth

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. This collection is a large one.  TOP BILLING Our Internet Surveillance StateBruce Schneier. Schneier on Security. 25 March 2013. The Internet is a surveillance state. Whether we admit it to ourselves or not, and whether we like it or not, we’re being tracked all the […]

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March Round-Up

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©Dave Walker, image from weblogcartoons.com After a two year hiatus the Scholar’s Stage opened up its doors to discussion once again.  All significant essays published since the re-boot began in February are posted below. I thank all of the readers and commentators that make posting here a rewarding experience. THE REPUBLIC Ominous Parallels: What Antebellum America […]

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Notes From All Over (15/03/13): Rome, Banks, and China

Tags:Energy, Military Affairs, Monied Interests, Notes From All Over, Romans and Grecians, The Middle Kingdom

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit.TOP BILLINGRue the IdesBurt Likko. League of Ordinary Gentleman. 15 March 2013.This is one of the best treatments of Caesar and his times yet published on the blogosphere. A few money quotes: After all nearly two centuries of history that preceded Caesar’s rise to power demonstrated […]

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Notes From All Over (13/12/2010) and Assorted Miscellany

Tags:Europa Regina, Media, Mexico, Notes From All Over, Wealth

 I normally devote Notes From All Over posts to off-site material worth reading. This post shall be slightly different. As my computer access is is at the moment limited I shall use this post  to relate a few short thoughts on the issues of the day that would have otherwise have been published in separate posts, and […]

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Notes From All Over 2/11/2010

Tags:Bharat, Complex Systems, Demographics, Futuristics, History, Notes From All Over, Political Theory, Religion

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit – abridged addition this time around. DEMOGRAPHICS The Wheel of History Turns to The Gods Razib Khan. Gene Expression. 10 October 2010. An extremely important survey of global demographic trends over the next forty years.The post focuses on the difference between the birth rates of […]

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Notes From All Over (6/10/2010)

Tags:Bactria, Bharat, Demographics, Energy, History, Notes From All Over, Oligarchy, Strategy, The Middle Kingdom

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. THE REPUBLIC Taxes and Presidential Math Veronique de Rugy. The American. 5 October 2010. Mr. de Rugy presents the best graphic of the month: Tip of the Hat to John Kranz of ThreeSources. Social Cohesion and the Bohemian Grove: the Power Elite at Summer Camp […]

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