Remembering 1989: Tiananmen
Only those in their 40′s now, will take a moment to remember how much happened 20 years ago, this year. The Wiki page about it will give you plenty to reminisce about. Ted Bundy was executed in...
View ArticleThe Inevitability of Horror
Tomorrow, next year, 50 years, 3000 years from now, nuclear weapons will be used on civilian targets, very easily by rogue groups or nations, like they have been after careful consideration in...
View ArticleAncient Rome reexamined
In a eclectic, multifarious resource like we are trying to develop here, you would know exotic, obscure or outright weird things will be mentioned. Such is the case with Annals of Imperial Rome written...
View ArticleThe King Who Gouged the Emperor’s Eyes
n 1030, Harald Sigurdsson a.k.a. Hardradi, the Ruthless, fled Norway as a boy of fifteen, after his half-brother and king Olaf Haraldsson (later St. Olaf) was defeated in battle and killed, in just one...
View ArticleRecommended: Guns, Germs and Steel
Few books can claim the distinction of describing notions at the root of contemporary understanding. This one does just that. If you ever wondered why some places developed faster, why some regions of...
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