“What’s not to love? They are the coolest con men around, with the most effective lobbyists and the most exaggerated, even chimerical, sense of victimization.” Sanford Rose Dolors & Sense By Sanford Rose…

“Not the famous date, December 7, 1941. But another, July 30, 1914—one almost unknown but only slightly less momentous. That’s the day that Germany stops trying to cajole its ally, Austria, into adopting…

“World War One broke out three times (nearly) before it finally broke out. In the same place and for the same reason: the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Russia over hegemony in the Balkans—the…

“So how could that be good news for municipal bonds, especially since editorialists have had a field day expatiating on the contagion effect of the decision on other municipalities? It is good news…

“As many have pointed out, it is one of the great tragedies of all wars, and especially of World War I, that every nation can make a plausible argument that it acted in…

“Sir Edward Grey. A favorite subject of mine, Sir Edward may be described as a foreign minister who hated foreigners. He did not understand them and couldn’t figure out why they didn’t behave…

“Though a Serbian minister, Jovanović was an odd choice to carry out this assignment since he was close to the outfit, The Black Hand, which, supported by the Russians, was putting together the…

“Just a fortnight before, I had been a peppy, vigorous Master athlete who gloried in thumbing his nose at advancing age. Age could not catch me; I was too fast.” Sanford Rose Dolors…

“The season of electrical storms is once again upon us here in Central Florida. Just a few days ago, a terrifying one broke just around my house, or so it seemed. That hated…

“So sedulous and successful was his campaign that one opposition Socialist was moved to say: ‘Has France no other glory than to serve the rancors of M. Izvolsky?’.” Sanford Rose Dolors & Sense…