Believe it or not, this blog still is not ready for its "Grand Opening", so I was surprised both pleasantly and unpleasantly with the number of folks
Archives for June 2015
How Good Is Oral History?
From our Humor Department:Have you ever tried to listen to two different witnesses to a car accident?
The Cossacks Conquer Siberia
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Prelude to the Siberian Conquest.IntroductionIf the region of the world
The Greatest Rivers of the World
We take up the story again at IV:49. He's writing about the Black Sea area as it was known then. In order to follow the below, here is a large map of
S Africa’s Future Is Behind a Veil
"At present neither natives nor "colored men" (the South-African term for men of mixed blood) can vote in the Transvaal, the Orange River, and
S African Racial Perspective in 1910
"Throughout all South Africa, among both British and Dutch, there is a feeling that Great Britain knows nothing of the native question."Continuing
They’re Using FDR’s Deceptions as Excuses – Still!
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This article Chris Matthews on Hillary’s ‘Secretive’ Reputation: Well, FDR Was
Again: Confucious
cc WikipediaConfucious was a great leader in China around 500 BC. Adventure, scandal, defeat, and triumph – these were the elements of his
When to Write
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.- Edward