The Man Who Would Be King

By: drrobertowens (Diary)  |  February 17th at 06:26 PM  | 

In 114 BC, Rome was a democratic Republic.  Representatives elected by popular vote filled the Senate, and the Senate ran Rome.  The Empire was conquered in the name of the Senate and the People of Rome, symbolized by the ever present SPQR seen on every Roman standard in every gladiator movie you have ever watched. At the beginning of the first century BC sovereignty in | Read More »

Lemmings, the Cliff and 2012

By: drrobertowens (Diary)  |  July 23rd at 04:36 PM  | 

We all think we are invincible.  We all think we will have another day.  Then one day there isn’t another day and our day is done.  Empires rise and empires fall and everyone always thinks, “We’ll make it through this. We always have” then one time you don’t.  No one gets to live in the world they grew up in, because the only thing that | Read More »