The Fall 2022 issue of Food & Dining Magazine (#75) is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. Go here for a preview of the features, profiles and columns, with links to the new edition at issuu.
Two beer mugs; photo credit Greek Boston.
Ostracism was a particularly delightful aspect of democracy as practiced in ancient Athens. Bruce Clark, author of the wonderful book “Athens, City of Wisdom,” explains the premise:
At the start of each year, the electorate would vote on whether the atmosphere would be improved by throwing out one dislikeable character.
Now that’s progressive thinking. Had we been practicing ostracism in New Albany, I might be living in Bamberg by now. Sometimes a guy just needs a loving shove.
It’s easy to imagine crowds of Athenians in their tunics and cloaks, carefully inscribing their choices for expulsion on shards of pottery, tossing the ballots...
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