a Hang on. Are you saying that this isn’t transtrains.com ? (View Post)

s If you borrow so much that your ability to repay it is compromised, you end up in debt spiral that ends in bankruptcy. That’s rule one of capitalism. (View Post)

On the subject, specifically, of Sparta, the same blog author mentioned in the header write this - https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-i-spartan-school/ Sparta was a failu… (View Post)

I’ve worked with Russians, and also my step-mother is Russian. Like any country, there is a vast range of types. One I’ve encountered in some Russians is an almost fanatical honesty - an almost anti-… (View Post)

The US position was dictated by domestic politics. Before the war, the following was believed, almost universally in the US - - WWI was a stupid, futile European quarrel - It was the kind of thing th… (View Post)