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Every high school and college student has heard of the Hundred Years’ War, even if very few of us recall the circumstances or combatants. Yet while long-lasting, it doesn’t compare to the length of other wars. On the other extreme is the little-known Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896. Essentially, it was a dispute over who got […] Throughout its history, the papacy has had its fair share of reprobates. At least Pope Pius II dallied from the straight and narrow before he was ordained, let alone pope. As a literati of his time, he even wrote a bestselling erotic novel. Enea Silvio Piccolomini (“Aeneas Silvius” in the Latin used by the educated) […] Bulletin Board My recent interest in history related posts leads to me contributing to History of Yesterday, likely beginning next week Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez How Democrats Lost the Great Plains (“The story of Great Plains politics is about how a once independent region full of gracious people became so baptized into Republican […] I read late yesterday afternoon that Chick Corea died this week at age 79. I’m deeply saddened, almost to the point of tears. Like perhaps many of my generation, I learned of Chick Corea when he played with jazz fusion powerhouse Return to Forever. I saw Return to Forever at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis in […] Not surprisingly, one of the things taught first-year law students is how to actually get someone into court. Two of the most fundamental principles are that the court has to have jurisdiction over the defendant and the defendant has to be served with notice of the suit. These can be stumbling blocks when a deity, […] |
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