Eric Scheske

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Black History

Maybe we need to watch more of The History Channel in February. This fascinating fellow Gannibal has fallen through our reading net (which we--probably foolishly--like to think is rather large): > In his elegantly written new biography, Hugh Barnes suggests Gannibal was born in Chad, taken as a slave to

Fascinating and Infuriating

Why don't the mainline publishing houses pick up this story? Why no outrage at Islam, that "religion of peace"? Link [http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=8415]. Excerpt: > Precisely at the moment when Pope Pius XII and the Catholic Church in Rome (and throughout

Ten Favorites

Jeffrey Tucker at Lew Rockwell wrote an entertaining column about the ten people he'd like to meet. A list that includes Ludwig von Mises, St. Cecilia, and Bette Davis is worth consulting. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker56.html]. Excerpt: > Mother Cabrini (1850”“1917). Shorter than

Elvis

We've admitted previously: We like Elvis. No, we don't own a velvet Elvis, but we do have some Elvis posters. We bought them mostly for the shock and humor value, but we genuinely enjoy Elvis' music and persona, no matter how shallow and absurd. Perhaps

Library of Modern Thinkers

We've started ISI Books' Bertrand de Jouvenel. It promises to be another great offering. We've read the other four books in the series (Ludwig von Mises, Wilhelm Roepke, Eric Voegelin, and Robert Nisbet) and have immensely enjoyed all of them. In a world strained for

Interesting Fast Fact

> The First Amendment has not always provided much protection in the courts for Americans; in fact, the Supreme Court did not decide any First Amendment cases for the first 150 years after the adoption of the Constitution. Michigan Bar Journal, June 2005, p. 30. Reminds us of Willmoore Kendall&

Black Sunday

We'd never heard about Disneyland's opening day fifty years ago. This writer gives a concise overview of a miserable day: > The heat and the crowds, along with a Magic Kingdom full of other problems, contributed to what will forever after be called Black Sunday in

Flat Earth Myth

Thomas Woods continues his sledgehammer blows against bigoted views of the Middle Ages. This time, he points out that people in the Middle Ages didn't think the earth was flat. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods46.html]. Excerpts: > David Lindberg, who is among the most accomplished

Could be Awkward Precedent

Historical knowledge or no food? Americans everywhere could starve: > Japanese customers must apologise for their country's wartime occupation of China before getting a seat at a restaurant in former Manchuria or find another place to eat, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Tuesday. > No

Anti-Commie Comics

The Authentic History Center has put a series of comic book issues from the 1960s on line. They're "This Godless Communism," a look at Communism's threat to the U.S. and Catholics, published by the Catholic Guild. We didn't read all the