I actually had this book, one of only a few surviving. Dated 1668, it’s a record of a disputation between John Menzies of the (Church of Scotland) Divinity School at Marischal College in Aberdeen and an English Jesuit named Francis…
Author: vassar
Cracking Open the 2024 Election Door a Few Months Early-Tracking the Trump Phenomenon
Normally, “election season” begins in January-February, while still in 2023. What happens in 2024, not just in Washington and Congress but inside those tiny little foxholes that millions of Americans first dug into their hearts and minds in 2010, beginning…
NOTICE of Coming Changes
For the past six months my health has been steadily declining. I’m 78, have lost over 50 pounds, and now I am losing memory, especially my Trivia Pursuit memory, unable to remember Hollywood films, and popular songs. My mother died…
Battle of Athens (1946) Our only successful uprising since 1776
(I want to dedicate this film review to Lady Penguin and JadedByPolitics, old friends from the Obama days, and my early days of RedState.com. We didn’t use the term “influencer” in 2006, but it was clear there was an urge…
Suzanne by Leonard Cohen, 1973, When Drugs Didn’t Always Mean Teat-Fits
Youth today may never heard of Leonard Cohen. I recommend you look Leonard up, he was a poet and balladeer during the Vietnam War, and sang with folk stars such as Judy Collins who I’ve featured here at this…