Barbarism Begins at Home

Greece invented the concept of barbaros. Imperial Rome inherited it as barbarus. The original meaning of barbaros is rooted in language: an onomatopoeia meaning “unintelligible speech” as people go “bar bar bar” when they talk. Homer…

Colonial Drug Trafficking and the British Empire

“This global observance is to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society” United Nations By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the UN General Assembly decided to observe 26 June as the International…