When Ted Cruz the junior Republican Senator for Texas spoke for 21 hours to obstruct healthcare proposals last week, he was writing the latest chapter in an unusual US Senate tradition.Continue reading Filibuster
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27 Sep /13
Camouflage
The practice of camouflage has been a discussion point for thousands of years, and for most of that time the discussion revolved around creatures with a natural gift for concealment.Continue reading Camouflage
26 Sep /13
China
China and the armchair travellers Eden, Hakluyt, Herbert – translator, geographer, ambassador Modern day China is the subject of countless works of fiction and non-fiction, but until the sixteenth century the country was unknown to English speakers.Continue reading China
25 Sep /13
The Silk Road or the Silk Route
Roads connect.Continue reading The Silk Road or the Silk Route
24 Sep /13
War lord
This word originated as one of the laurels of the German Emperor.Continue reading War lord