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The pope who wrote a bestselling erotic novel

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) […]

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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 […]

Nothing is forever. Goodbye, Chick

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 […]

Loco Lawsuits: God in Court

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, […]

When Pepsi was a world military power

The rivalry between Coke and Pepsi is caustic enough that the term “Cola Wars” is generally recognized in America. As part of that war, Pepsi actually acquired a flotilla of warships in 1989. So many in fact that Pepsi could have bee considered the sixth strongest military in the world at the time.

The story […]