“The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance” by Paul Strathern is a sojourn into the elusively secret world of medieval money and politics like I’ve never quite experienced. It was eye-opening on many levels for me. As a historian and an armchair economist I’ve always preferred the classically dispassionate writing style of […]
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My dog watches television. However, he is kinda weird, he doesn’t just watch television he watches me watching television in order to obtain his social cues. Every once in a while he’ll find something interesting on the TV screen; however, he’ll quickly lose interest in it as that bit that attracted his attention initially has
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Is Christopher Columbus Polish? Or is this just polish-ed rhetoric? Apparently Christopher Columbus has a new identity: he’s Polish according to author Manuel Rosa in his newly-released book “Columbus: The Untold Story.” I have just 2 problems with Rosa’s conclusions: (1) there is no basis in actual fact; and (2) his writing is atrocious! How
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In order to truly understand the Lithuanians, one must understand its PEOPLE, FLAG, ETHNO-GEOGRAPHY, and LANGUAGE. You will be surprised and amazed to find out how a country the size of South Carolina can have such an illustrious world history and deep-rooted traditions that stretch back to the very first settlement of Europe millennia ago!
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My 2017 reading list: a list of books read in 2017 in bibliographic format. This year had no discernible theme for me, I seemed to have read random books that I found or groups of books based on a common topics but nothing devoted to a single genre as in years past. I read 2
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Think medieval history is confusing? There is only 1 author you need to know if you want to get into books on medieval history and you might be surprised to know that they are actually 2 people, the husband and wife team of Frances and Joseph Gies, aka “Gies & Gies.” If you are an
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“Scalia: A Court of One” is like watching The Godfather, once you start you just can’t stop. His is a dark and mysterious world that is illuminated by the sheer legal brilliance of his mind which is radiated outward as a forceful conservative beam giving light to our original constitution. “SCALIA: A COURT OF ONE”
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“James Madison: A Life Reconsidered” by Lynne Cheney is, simply put, a must read. The author could not have picked a more appropriate title for me with the use of the word “reconsidered” as I was never completely sold on the greatness of President James Madison as a historical figure, to be honest. As a
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The Grand Ole Opry first broadcasted on this day in 1925, happy birthday Grand Ole Opry! A musical institution for generations, the Opry is a foundry for country and western musicians till this day located in the heart of country music, Nashville, Tennessee. The first broadcast was an hour-long show called Barn Dance and featured
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Here’s HOW to move a WordPress site to a new domain with Bluehost and FTP. Things have changed this year so you cannot rely on outdated sites and articles prior to 2017-2018, they are working under currently inoperable assumptions and techniques. For one, WordPress and Bluehost both have new homepage designs which will not get
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“The King Arthur Trilogy” by Rosemary Sutcliff will be the BEST King Arthur Book you will ever read. I myself have read a few King Arthur books including: “Sword at Sunset” also by Rosemary Sutcliff; “Le Morte d’ Arthur” by Sir Thomas Mallory; and even “The History of the Kings of Britain” by Geoffrey of
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