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Bulkes: The "Greek Republic" that "Never Existed"

Bulkes: The "Greek Republic" that "Never Existed" This is a fascinating case of a place that existed briefly and within living memory (just barely) being deliberately forgotten. A Twitter reference to "wells" (πηγάδες) as a threat made by Greek Leftists...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 7, 2022 11:41 AM

The War on Reality - Tablet Magazine

The War on Reality - Tablet Magazine An essay by California public school teacher Alex Gutentag: "Clearly, quarantining the healthy did exactly the opposite of what was sold to the public: It increased non-COVID-19 excess deaths while leaving elderly and...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 6, 2021 1:38 PM

What Really Is Behind the Latest Burst of Hamas Terror in Israel: Dov Fischer: American Spectator

What Really Is Behind the Latest Burst of Hamas Terror in Israel: Dov Fischer: American Spectator "To force Ra'am's Mansour Abbas (no relation to Mahmoud Abbas aka Abu Mazen) to break off coalition talks, Hamas has fired more than 2,000...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 19, 2021 2:13 PM

Hastain's township plats of the Creek Nation : Hastain, E : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Hastain's township plats of the Creek Nation : Hastain, E : Internet Archive This handbook has a pair of pages for each 36 sq. mi. township showing which citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation citizen was allotted each parcel. The...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 17, 2020 10:18 PM

Lessons in longevity from Nicholas Parsons - UnHerd

Lessons in longevity from Nicholas Parsons - UnHerd Nicholas Parsons, host of the BBC Radio 4 panel quiz "Just A Minute" since its debut in 1967, has died this week at the age of 96. Simon Evans ponders his longevity....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 30, 2020 9:09 PM

The History of Land Fill in Boston

The History of Land Fill in Boston A series of five maps illustrating the growth of Boston through the use of landfill, showing the original Shawmut Peninsula in 1630, the filling of the Mill Pond (Causeway Street really was a...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 24, 2019 1:00 AM

Abortion: The Mark of Dystopia - Catholic World Report

Abortion: The Mark of Dystopia - Catholic World Report "...two of the... most preeminent dystopia novels even include swipes at one of the most sacred cows of the 21st-century liberal project: abortion.... "Concerned with the homogenizing and stultifying effects of...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 17, 2019 4:56 PM

J.J. McCullough's Transgender Compromise Suggestion -- Let's Not | National Review

J.J. McCullough's Transgender Compromise Suggestion -- Let's Not | National Review: Michael Brendan Dougherty rebuts McCullough's tendentious column urging conservative capitulation on transgenderism. 'As I wrote in a recent cover story for NR, the demand to acknowledge someone's "existence" is...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 12, 2018 9:43 PM

Maryland Historical Trust

Maryland Historical Trust A nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places contains a wealth of historical detail, not only about the site and the building, but often about the people, events, and times that give it significance. If...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 12, 2018 9:36 PM

Civilisations isn't 'dumbed down' - it's too intellectual | Coffee House

Civilisations isn't 'dumbed down' - it's too intellectual | Coffee House Charles Moore reviews the new "Civlisations" TV series: "It is quite right to study the differences and similarities between civilisations, but it is a curious feature of the human...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 4, 2018 5:28 PM