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Kate Forbes has still won a significant victory - for religion in public life
Kate Forbes has still won a significant victory - for religion in public life -- Daily Telegraph Fraser Nelson on the deputy leader of the Scottish National Party: "It's not just that she was born into the Free Church of...
Fort Gibson: A Brief History, by Grant and Carolyn Thomas Foreman
Fort Gibson: A Brief History, by Grant and Carolyn Thomas Foreman Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, marked its bicentennial last month. "It was on the twenty-first day of April 1824, that two long flatboats were to be seen ascending Grand River, manned...
The Christian Canary Dying in the Coal Mine That Is India - The Stream
The Christian Canary Dying in the Coal Mine That Is India - The Stream "Secret No. 2: a significant portion of North-East India is predominantly Christian. The mostly mountainous region of eight states and over 200 tribes experienced an unprecedented...
AM car radios seem quaint. But when the twister comes, you'll want that dial. • Kansas Reflector
AM car radios seem quaint. But when the twister comes, you'll want that dial. • Kansas Reflector Max McCoy writes: "Having covered the wake of three major storms -- Greensburg, Joplin, and Katrina in 2005 -- I can tell you...
Who killed Houston's streetcars? - Transit - HAIF - Houston's original social media
Who killed Houston's streetcars? - Transit - HAIF - Houston's original social media "In his 1997 book, Houston Electric: The Street Railways of Houston, Texas, Steven M. Baron writes, 'For half a century, life in Houston was unimaginable without streetcars....
The Treaty Principles Bill
The Treaty Principles Bill "We can have a democratic form of government or we can have indigenous sovereignty. They can't coexist and we can't have them both." -- former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, 2001. The ACT New Zealand...
SCHAEFFER COLLECTION | Ideaslibrary
SCHAEFFER COLLECTION | Ideaslibrary A collection of sermon and lecture audio by Christian apologist Francis Schaeffer and his wife Edith Schaeffer. "Although Francis Schaeffer started out as a Presbyterian pastor in the States, he came to wider attention in the...
Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing | Ars Technica
Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing | Ars Technica "In 1977, DEC introduced the VAX, a new line of minicomputers that featured a 32-bit instruction set architecture and virtual memory. Its operating system, VMS, was a...
The Late Thai King Bhumibol's Rainmaking Technique Is His Legacy That, Like Him, Will Never Be Forgotten - Vulcan Post
The Late Thai King Bhumibol's Rainmaking Technique Is His Legacy That, Like Him, Will Never Be Forgotten - Vulcan Post The late king, who reigned over Thailand for 70 years as Rama the 10th, had a keen interest in science...
A Brief History of the Plastic Pink Flamingo - New England Historical Society
A Brief History of the Plastic Pink Flamingo - New England Historical Society "Then in the 1930s another invention put Leominster on the path of birthing the plastic pink flamingo. A German-American named Samuel Foster started a company called Foster...
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