“Ye olde times are here again” is a ridiculously rich article from the Financial Review that argues rather convincingly that we are headed for a rerun of the pseudo-governmental systems of the Middle Ages: “People everywhere, finally, are leaving behind national symbols and cultures and turning to local and global hybrids…the coexistence of local and transnational identities that typified the European Middle Ages has reappeared.” The bad news is that the Middle Ages didn’t start until the fall of Rome. Remind me to hide my toga when the barbarians arrive.