News came out recently that a Der Spiegel writer, Claas Relotius, fabricated a number of stories for the German magazine over the years. He helped craft around 60 articles over the last seven years and enjoyed so much success there that in 2014 he was awarded with the title of CNN Journalist of the Year. […]
In his speech from 1932 to accept the Republican nomination, Herbert Hoover touches on some issues which really wouldn’t be out of place if mentioned today: immigration, tariffs, a strong military. The speech also offers some reasoning to end Prohibition. Here is a pertinent part: We must recognize the difficulties which have developed in making […]
There was no quarter given to the defeated Jacobites. Except for a few officers reserved for public punishment, the wounded were mercilessly slaughtered on the field of Culloden. As Major James Wolfe, the future conqueror of Quebec, rode with the Duke of Cumberland across that blood stained field, they came across the wounded Fraser of […]
This is a very interesting read, especially for people like myself who live in an area that has some very deep Civil War history that has gone almost completely unnoticed. I live in the town of Waynesville, and we have a marker here (the picture below) where there was a fort over-looking the Wire Road […]
Apparently the Romans lost all kinds of strange stuff in their public bathing places too. The stuff found in the drains of Roman baths ranges from ladies jewelry to teeth and scalpels. I can just picture a guy getting his teeth pulled while a woman lounges not far off with here arms covered in expensive […]
Freedom of will. A crucial point for Erasmus. In his De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio (1524), he lampoons the Lutheran view on free will. He lays down both sides of the argument impartially. In response, Luther wrote his De servo arbitrio (On the Bondage of the Will) (1525), which attacks the “Diatribe” and Erasmus […]
Within the microblogging sphere of the social media world, Twitter reigns supreme. But can it stay on top in a fidgety age when other shiny new digital toys are in reach? Enter the microblogging Twitter alternative, Gab. Created in August 2016 (over a decade after Twitter’s birth), Gab offers a strong set of competitive features […]
I was browsing another WWII Newsgroup…when I came across a message from a youngster wanting to know why Hitler hated the Jews so much. I considered for some time how to reply to this question, and finally came up with the following draft submission: Albert Speer, Hitler’s Economics Minister, writing after the war commented “He […]
The pilgrimage site of Croagh Patrick lies on a mountain some 2500-feet high in County Mayo, which is on the northwest coast of Ireland. The site serves as the modern pilgrimage destination for those who wish to take the penitential journey to and vigil at the summit at the end of each July. The terrain […]
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