Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
Chronologies of Tyranny, War and Genocide
Eva and I spent three days in Budapest during April, 2004. We visited a museum showing an exhibit of the history of Samizdat. I photographed a large display of the chronology of this “underground” effort toward freedom of expression, and … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Government & Politics, War & Peace
Tagged André Gerolymatos, Balkan Peninsula, Islam, Niccolò Machiavelli, Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Samizdat, USSR
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“…when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
The title of today’s entry is from an address made, April 29,1962, by President John F. Kennedy in welcoming a group of Nobel Prize winners to a dinner in their honor at The White House. The extended quote is: “I … Continue reading
The Pavellas Perspective 