Today is Halloween. Here is the Halloween poem by Robert Burns published in 1785.Upon that night, when fairies light,On Cassilis Downans
Archives for October 2016
Sir Francis Drake Captures Santo Domingo
In boats and pinnaces the troops were being rapidly embarked, and soon Drake in person was piloting the flotilla for the surf-beaten
Does History of Fortune-Telling Matter?
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This article The Surprising Historical Significance of Fortune-Telling was
Is Today’s FBI Letter Unprecedented?
Today the Director of the FBI sent a letter to Congressional leaders disclosing that the agancy was looking into new evidence on the Clinton e-mail
Einstein Explains Relativity
From our Humor Department:When Einstein passed through U.S. Immigration in 1933 the bureaucrat asked him what he did for a living."I'm a
Drake Captures Cartegena; Raids Cadiz
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Sir Francis Drake Sails Forth.IntroductionSir Francis Drake (he had
Parkman Vol. 2 Chapters 2 and 3
The Jesuits were and are everywhere. Today a Jesuit is even Pope (Francis). Parkman would not have been surprised.Previously in The Jesuits in North
Joan of Arc Burned Alive
For Joan death and sainthood; for Henry V death and failure. For France victory, for England defeat. For the Hundred Year War the end.Today's
Joan of Arc Atop a Mountan of Wood
They desired that she should be really burned alive, and that, placed on the summit of this mountain of wood, and commanding the circle of lances and