Madame DeFarge

Madame DeFarge is obviously a nickname. Behind it is a history connoisseur with a keen interest in ancient Greece, Rome, political systems, and the recurring patterns that shape revolutions, empires, and modern power.

Opinion

Rome and Greece are the sources and models of our civilization

The past reveals successful systems for civilization survival.

J. M. W. Turner's View of the Campo Vaccino (Forum Romanum) in Rome (1893)

Opinion

On the Horns of Revolutionary Change

Governments often collapse without producing genuine systemic change. Drawing parallels between ancient Greece, Rome and the modern world, this opinion examines bureaucracy, competing powers, political elites, national debt and the uncertain future of the global order.