tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post881086267131063824..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: EssencesDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-68989642360486466632018-12-23T00:03:40.201+01:002018-12-23T00:03:40.201+01:00You might translate “la paloma y laurel” as “the d...You might translate “la paloma y laurel” as “the dove and the laurel wreath” or “the dove and the laurel.” I believe he’s metaphorically conveying ideals of peace and of victory and honor (not literally leaves or trees).Rosinernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769888027423781285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-47555728477655445242010-11-17T22:06:02.015+01:002010-11-17T22:06:02.015+01:00Although bay leaf means laurel in Spanish in this ...Although bay leaf means laurel in Spanish in this case I believe that Guillen is not refering to the leaf but more of the robust of the tree. I am not sure how the literally translation fits in on this one?Nowhere Man.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11846006945932705953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-79508941236023708412009-11-01T21:12:35.110+01:002009-11-01T21:12:35.110+01:00If you had understood what this post was about, th...If you had understood what this post was about, there would have been something wrong with it. Adam.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-45016575459391638712009-11-01T18:57:03.647+01:002009-11-01T18:57:03.647+01:00This is what happens when you get a painter to cov...This is what happens when you get a painter to cover politics and current events. You get a pretty poem and that's it. Interesting that the poem is all about putting up a wall. What does putting up a wall have to do with brotherhood?<br /><br />If the left had a real alternative to free trade, then people would flock to it. Maybe what you should consider is living in a capitalist system is more "human" than anything else. And also more ethical. After all, Adam Smith was a moral philosopher. Marx was a bloodsucking lawyer.<br /><br />There will be no rise of a progressive era with a movement that's so intellectually bankrupt. You lost the fight because you lost the argument.<br /><br /><br />AdamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com