History

An acquaintance sends this along: > The History Channel will premiere "Eighty Acres of Hell", the story of the Union's Camp Douglas, where 6,000 Confederate troops perished on Sunday, January 15th at 10pm EST. > "To the Victor, Belongs the Silence." Hidden until

Thomas DiLorenzo visited the New York Historical Society's exhibit on "Slavery in New York [http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/]" last Friday and was impressed by the lack of political correctness. He offers this quote from a book published by the Society: > For nearly three hundred years,

Click here [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8249035553873309392&q=beagle] to see a video about the atrocity that was Communism, from its Marxist/Darwinian theoretical beginnings through Castro (the intro implies the video will discuss Castro). I've just started watching it, and it looks pretty good.

Interesting piece at WaPo about current archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101944.html] . Excerpt: > Some archaeologists believe Jerusalem was no more than a tiny hilltop village when it served as David's capital. The discovery of a palace

> A culture of 24-hour drinking and bingeing on alcohol may not be unique to modern society, say historians. > Experts have uncovered evidence that 12th century Londoners drank ale by the gallon, starting at breakfast time, due to poor quality drinking water. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/

More and more people are beginning to realize that the Middle Ages weren't dark at all. It's comforting, and the evidence will keep accumulating (because it's a fact) and get published. Yet in ten years, yahoos everywhere will continue to refer to the "