As you celebrate New Year’s Day remember that for one thousand years the welcoming of a new year was not just a calendar event, but a culturally religious event which linked the renewal of nature with the redemption of the world. Some atheists, Muslims, and Christian fundamentalists like to grumble and gibe that the celebration […]
Matthew Karp, a history professor at Princeton, wrote an interesting thread on what has happened to his academic discipline over the past few years. Interesting and unsurprisingly very troubling. History Departments are no longer interested in teaching history per se but the history of ethnic groups. This is revealed in the job postings from history […]
Running for office sometimes requires navigating tricky questions without coming across as inauthentic. At a town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday, presidential hopeful Nikki Haley failed miserably. When asked by an attendee what the cause of the Civil War was, Haley replied after an uncomfortable pause, “Well, don’t come with an easy question, right?” […]
For centuries, the mysteries surrounding the structures of Ancient Egyptian have baffled researchers. A new study published in the journal Physical Review Fluids and conducted by a team of scientists at New York University posits that the Egyptian Sphinx may have been created through natural means, rather than through manpower alone. While the exact process undertaken […]
America’s Oligarchy Stitching Us Up Yes, indeed and as captions go, portentous moi? But at least I have caught your attention! After an extended spell away from my crayons and the keyboard I have been surprised by the number of people from all sorts of places (and some even I didn’t even know), who have […]
I may be Irish but I’m not stupid.” Umm not my idea of how to endear oneself to an Irish supporting fund raiser on St Patrick’s Day but probably mild stuff for Joe. Biden has long claimed that he is Irish in descent. A claim which might be almost guaranteed to drum up votes by […]
The king with half the east at heel is marched from landsof morning;Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benightthe air,And he that stands will die for naught, and home there’sno returning.The Spartans on the sea wet rocks sat down and combedtheir hair. A.E. Housman, Last Poems XXV, The Oracles As children at […]
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