This doesn't have anything to do with gardening, so ignore this if you wish:

I'm currently going back to school, with the hope of getting a degree in Internation Relations (there's something you can get a job with!), and while doing some research on a paper, I came across this: The Americana in Translation Project.

This is being run by Juan Cole, a Mid-East scholar from the University of Michigan. The idea is to translate major works of American political thought into Arabic. The hope is that translating these works, which have been so influential in shaping our society, could do the same in the Middle East.

Consider what an impact the translations (ironically, from Arabic) of the great works of Greek & Roman thought had on European Society of the 1400s. It sparked the Renaissance in Italy.

I think this is a worthwhile cause, and should be supported. Now, back to gardening!

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