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In his Tuesday Morning Quarterback column, Gregg Easterbrook assails the tendency of ancient authors to overstate the size of military expeditions:

In the 2004 Brad Pitt demi-epic “Troy,” the fleet assembled by the Greek king Agamemnon to sail against Troy is depicted as hundreds of sail vessels stretching as far as the eye can see. This […]

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Jeff Bezos (of Amazon.com fame) has a new venture, a space company called Blue Origin, which promises affordable space flights. In a recent article in the Seattle Times about the unveiling of the secretive company’s launch vehicle, we learn that this cutting-edge firm has a decidedly old-school motto:

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