Day: November 14, 2006

Bribes have always been a part of government. Some bribes are under the table, others are highly visible. Greeks, Persians, Egyptian, Roman and Holy Roman Empires, monarchies, oligarchies, democracies, communists, capitalists, or socialists, all government decisions are always influenced by bribes. Both Herodotus and Plutarch offer endless instances of Persian gold corrupting Western democracies. Some […]

Sometimes, in a jar of fetid fluid, little bubbles form and rise to the top. If the fluid is thick, and the jar is several miles high, it may take six or eight decades for a bubble to rise from the bottom to the top. As the bubble rises, it grows slightly because the pressure […]