Monthly Archives: March 2011

Financial Times reports German chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a backlash from conservatives within her party due to her stance on extending the life of Germany’s nuclear power stations and her stance on Libya. Conservatives within Merkel’s CDU are unhappy … Continue reading →

Seagram Building by Mies van der Rohe Illinois Institute of Technology’s department of architecture by Mies van der Rohe

In the first millennium there were practically no advances in military technology. A Roman army would certainly have been a match for an Anglo-Saxon or Viking armed force. However a Norman or Anglo-Saxon army would be absolutely no match for … Continue reading →