Franklin D. Roosevelt and wife Eleanor with Joseph Robinson on Inauguration Day March 4, 1933. Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration.
This is the right moment to talk about fear.
It was fear of the coronavirus spreading in countries like Iran and Italy that sent the Dow Jones Industrials plummeting 1,000 points today, even though the virus has seemed to plateau in China, the country of origin.
It was the Chinese leadership’s fear of losing face, power and money that prevented prompt action on the virus in the first place.
Read MoreWith the recent death of Fidel Castro – and the return of “The Hollow Crown” series to PBS, based on Shakespeare’s Henry and Richard histories – my thoughts turn to Vergina, the highlight of My Big Fat Greek Odyssey and a place were leaders were made and unmade.
It was here in the ancient capital of Aigai that Philip II was assassinated on his daughter Cleopatra’s wedding day in a kind of “Godfather” moment. It was here that his son and Cleopatra’s full brother, Alexander, became king. And it was here that the ancient burial mounds of kings of Macedon were unearthed by archaeologist Manolis Andronokis in 1977.
Today, a museum sits on the site, with another coming. We arrived on a rainy morning and were immediately delivered into a world that is overwhelming. This is a dark space that throws the treasures it protects into dramatic relief. Crowns of gold leaves. ...
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