Life is a jest, and all things show it;I thought so once and now I know it.- on John Gay’s tombstone, said to be written by himself.
The Age of Animals, 400 MYA – 250 MYA
by Jack Le MoineBefore the dinosaurs, (if the logic of evolution is to be believed), the animals were less evolved. Scientists posit that
Pontiac – 2
The stormy season prevented Rogers from advancing fartherContinuing Pontiac's Uprising,our selection from E.O. Randall. The selection is presented
Pontiac’s Uprising
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionWith the fall of Quebec and De Vaudreuil's capitulation of Montreal, Canada passed
Herodotus Book I, Verses 129-140
These are the customs, so far as I know, which the Persians practice.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the
The Sorry-I’m-Late Syndrome
If you live with someone with the "Sorry-I'm-Late Syndrome", you must resign yourself to never seeing the bride walk down the aisle, never seeing the
From the Old Country Pol’s Stump Speech
- From the Good old days, when bosses ran machines and the ward healers handed out the dough –OCP: And while I’m in the middle of my ballyhoo,
The Age of Fish, 650 MYA – 400 MYA
by Jack Le MoineIt is surprising that the earliest microbes appeared just as the Earth was beginning the last fourth of it's 4.5 billion
Pyrrhus Attacks Rome – 5
Today's installment concludes Pyrrhus Attacks Rome,our selection by Plutarch.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of this