AT LEAST NERO WEPT AS HE “FIDDLED”
Compared to how today’s equivalents of emperors are dealing with crises and catastrophes, Nero being synonymous with “fiddling while Rome burns” is a bum wrap.… Read the rest
WHEN NEGATIVES THINK THEY’RE POSITIVES
In 1970, then U.S. Vice-president Spiro Agnew derided journalists (although some say he meant politicians) critical of Nixon administration policies as “nattering nabobs of negativism.” Today, the characterisation seems to be considered either complimentary or aspirational.… Read the rest