Russ Emerson | August 21, 2004
Andrew Stuttaford: One of the more absurd aspects of multiculturalism is the way that we are in the West are now meant to revere the ‘authentic’ wisdom of those parts of the world still mired in the backward traditions of the past. We swoon at the feet of shamans – basically conmen dressed in twigs. […]
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Russ Emerson | August 20, 2004
If there’s one military tradition that has endured throughout the ages, it is the telling and retelling of “war stories.” In the civilian world, we’d call them “tall tales.” There’s a saying: the true stories are never exciting, and the exciting stories are never true. Well, almost never, but near enough that it makes for […]
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