History

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

USSR, 1917-1991. Pretty neat. If you click on them, they have brief explanations (in English). I prefer older Russian posters like this one:

A Southern heritage preservation fellow sent this link [http://www.rulen.com/kkk/] to me recently. Rather interesting stuff. The thrust of the link: The Confederate Flag is not the flag of the KKK. The secondary thrust: The Stars and Stripes is. It didn't surprise me, but I&

A new study says that almost half of the first 37 presidents (GW to Nixon) of the United States may have suffered from mental illness. Subscriber-only link [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200606/primary-sources]. The psychiatric methods employed are questionable, but the Duke University study released it anyway.

I know I already plugged it once, but if you're interested in history and you're not reading Fathers of the Church, you're missing a lot. I'm stunned at the amount of great script that Michael Aquilina is cranking out . . . every day. Read,

Looking to stretch your charitable horizons? Try this website: PrisonerLife dot Com [http://www.prisonerlife.com/index.cfm]. There are all sorts of links that let you reach out to prisoners, like this one: MEET REAL PRISONERS SEEKING REAL PEN PALS [http://www.prisonerlife.com/personals-picsearch.cfm]. I think

Every so often, you run across an odd little piece. Here, I've found an odd big piece [http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/G.K._Chesterton_in_Russia.pdf] at Road to Emmaus [http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/articleextracts.html] magazine's website. It's a collection of writings

On pretty Eva Braun [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2097514,00.html]. Excerpt: > Eva twice tried to kill herself: in November 1932, she shot herself in the throat, but missed the jugular. Then, in 1935, she tried again, this time with sleeping pills. Her reason, both

A friend sent this [http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html] along. It's an age gauge. It calculates in a split second. Pretty cool.

The short stories behind 20 Muslim inventions [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article350594.ece]. Good stuff. I especially liked the story of soap. I guess the effects of the Battle of Tours [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours] can still be smelled to this day: