LA Times (July 9)
2015/ 07/ 10 by jd in Global News
In the Greek debate both sides are ultimately “fired by unwavering devotion to an abstract ideal, the real costs be damned. But if ancient tragedy has any lesson to offer, it is that an all too real tragedy in the making might be avoided by putting responsibility before blind ideology, asking not whether the end justifies the means but whether the means justify the end.”
Tags: Abstract ideal, Devotion, End, Greek, Ideology, Means, Real costs, Responsibility, Tragedy
Washington Post (July 8)
2015/ 07/ 10 by jd in Global News
“It is said that the European Union is a splendid idea but that the euro — the common currency — is a bad idea. Actually, the euro is a bad idea that is the logical application of an even worse idea — the European Union.”
