Posts tagged with "history"
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DeGaulle
I read a biography of Charles de Gaulle. Even though I hate France, I really admire him.
Diamond headed canes
I wish the Black Sox had this much swag. Gambling For Life: Need—and a little bit of reasonable resentment—was a motivator of one of sports’s earliest gambling crises, this one arriving in just the...
How the Treaty of Versailles created Israel
Humans have been terrible to each other since the dawn of time. It's one of the things we do best. The real villains here are the Western European countries. If they hadn't had WWI, then
This horse is beautiful
Bob Denard
Bob Denard is a bad person, but this quote is too good: He met people who noticed that he was quite gifted for shady affairs...
A veteran speaks on the afghanistan withdrawal
I usually read Drew Magary for his funny, but this letter from a veteran named Brett really struck a chord for me: I’m from central Pennsylvania. My parents live just outside of Hershey, and I go...
The Big Antiracism List
Trump's America is the long awaited result of the Southern Strategy implemented by the GOP in the 1960's. First, why even have this list? Second, here are some ways you can help. Here are some...
Tycho Brahe had a gold nose
The astronomer’s nose: Tycho Brahe’s controversial prosthesis Why did medieval people do all the cool stuff?
6 insane true stories more badass than any action movie
6 Insane True Stories More Badass Than Any Action Movie: Upon coming to the conclusion that the robber wasn't going to leave, even despite his bitchin' speech, Khan strolled to the counter and...
The House On Garibaldi Street
The capture of Adolf Eichmann is one of the more daring spy operations in the post WWII era. The story spans 17 years, beginning with Eichmann's clandestine escape from the Allied forces and the...
*Slap* Sir, I Demand Satisfaction!
Few things in history are as compelling as the duel. Refined and barbaric at the same time, this practice has had a checkered history. The rules of dueling were codified by the Irish in 1777 in the...