
Greece-EU standoff: Echoes of 'Antigone'
The frantic negotiating to resolve Greece's debt crisis before Sunday's deadline is a race that launched a thousand cliches. We're told that the Greeks have embarked on a new odyssey in uncharted waters, that as the EU tightens the screws, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande have left the door open and that the world is holding its breath, though the economic details are Greek to us.
And, of course, countless headlines insist we're watching a Greek tragedy unfold. It's hard to blame the editors and columnists: After all, tragedy goes hand in hand with Greece, just like ouzo and "Mamma Mia!"… Seguir leyendo »