Brews You Can Use II
Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer [http://www.ambitiousbrew.com/]. I'm
neither endorsing nor condemning. It just seems like a publishing effort worthy
of mention at this blog.
Topic
History
A collection of 251 issues
It's All Relative?
Even CNN admits that the Aztecs deserved the wrath of Cortez:
> Aztecs butchered, ate invaders. This grisly story is from today's online edition
of CNN. Domestic nations have tried many tactics over the ages to repel invading
armies. The Aztecs were no different and a recent find
42% by Pius
According to this blog
[http://totuspius.blogspot.com/2006/06/pii-responsible-for-42-of-church.html],
Popes named Pius declared 42% of the Church Doctors.
St. Athanasius (296-373)- Declared Doctor in 1568 by St. Pius V
St. Hilary of Poitiers (315-367)- 1851 by Bl. Pius IX
St.
Dixie Defense
I'm not a "pro-Confederate" kind of guy, but I know enough history to know the
South has been enormously maligned for the past 150 years (heck, the
Abolitionists started it well before then). Consequently, I like to pass along
neat pages like this when I
Cram It
I greatly enjoy reading about the "Old Right": Nock, Mencken, Santayana, and
other "superfluous men." They're no-nonsense men with uncompromising stances.
They often had questionable morals (Mencken had a mistress; Nock left his wife),
but they didn't discuss morality very much,
Brews You Can Use II
To my discredit, I'd never even heard of it, but its passing saddens me to the
point of inebriation:
> British brewing giant Young's will close its famous Ram brewery site - where
brewing began in 1571 - merging brewing operations with Bedford-based Charles
Wells [http://www.
Didache
Mike Aquilina teaches readers about the Didache
[http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/05/23/the-time-capsule/]. As always, a
good, easy, and informative read.
History Primer
A reader notifies me that Diane Moczar has just published two books that
introduce readers to Catholic history. Moczar is good. I've read her history
columns in Latin Mass. If you go to this link
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1933184159/thedailyeudem-20], then click
on
Jill the Ripper
Too busy today to offer much commentary, but this little piece shouldn't pass
un-posted: Was Jack the Ripper a Woman
[http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article485887.ece]? The
theory rests on DNA and no motive is offered. I found this interesting, though:
> The
Posters from Hell
USSR, 1917-1991. Pretty neat. If you click on them, they have brief explanations
(in English).
I prefer older Russian posters like this one: