Daily Archives: November 1, 2012

Paul Krugman’s The Conscience of a Liberal 7

In my latest reading of The Conscience of a Liberal, Paul Krugman refers to a study by Elizabeth Warren and business consultant Amelia Warren Tyagi (who is also Elizabeth Warren’s daughter) concerning bankruptcy in the U.S.  Krugman summarizes their findings … Continue reading

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Zeus; Mithraism; Heracles

I started Robert Grant’s Gods and the One God.  I have three items. 1.  In my post here, I was puzzled by Helmut Koester’s claim that the old Greek religion had city-gods who were not exactly considered to be universal … Continue reading

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