History

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

A few days ago, the Chicago Tribune ran a piece about chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov's political ambitions. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20050705/ts_chicagotrib/checkmatingputinischesskingsgambit] . Excerpt: > Announcing his retirement from professional chess in March, Kasparov threw himself headlong into Russian politics, undaunted by its

Lew Rockwell has run an entertaining article today about ancient fools. The implied parallel to President Bush is a bit shrill and the nutshell summaries of Stoicism and Epicureanism are a little misleading, but it's still entertaining. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/case3.html#_ftn7]. Excerpt: >

Excerpt from Eric Scheske's regular Wednesday column at Catholic Exchange: > Two traits unite Arius, Amaury, and Marcion: (1) They taught heretical ideas while members of the Church; (2) They were charming. It's a curious combination. Men with heretical ideas, ideas meant to undermine the Church,

Phil Brennan celebrates a birthday this week. He tells readers how old he is. Charming and thoughtful stuff. Link [http://www.etherzone.com/2005/bren062905.shtml]. Excerpts: > I'm old enough to remember that my paternal grandfather was born in 1850 and enrolled in Manhattan College a mere

> An Italian chemist came to Louis XIV with plans for the first bacteriological weapon. Louis XIV refused. He never developed the weapon, never used it against other European nations. But even more impressive, he paid the chemist an annual salary to keep the bioweapon a secret from the world.

> Kierkegaard was haunted by the fact that his Dad--when he was a struggling tenant farmer--stood on a hill and solemnly cursed God, an act that Kierkegaard believed doomed the entire family. Source: The Know-It-All. We're a bit skeptical about K's reaction to the cursing (perhaps

> History is brimming with evil leaders you've never heard of. Early on, there was Jean-Bedel Bokassa, head of the Central African Republic, who . . . crowned himself emperor in a sumptuous $20 million ceremony that helped bankrupt his country. Though he did find enough money to also kill a