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Loco Lawsuits: Beyoncé, Part 2 – She’s a kitten murderer

In the last installment of this series, Beyoncé faced a 2016 lawsuit accusing her of, among other things, conspiring with the CIA. On September 19, 2018, Kimberly Thompson, a former drummer in Beyoncé’s band, sought a restraining order, alleging the singer was constantly harassing her. But it was far more than what just those facts […]

War booty helped create Oxford’s renowned Bodleian Library

Oxford University’s Bodleian Library is one of Europe’s oldest libraries and one of the world’s eminent research libraries. Yet, some of its books carry a taint of unscrupulousness given the time of its founding. One of its founding collections is plunder from Portugal in 1596.

Between 1584 and 1604, Protestant England and Catholic Spain fought […]

Weekend Edition: 10-9

Nonbookish Linkage

The more exciting and entertaining a conspiracy theory is, the more likely people are to believe them “For these folks, facts mean nothing“ What if the US didn’t go to war in Afghanistan? The “pro-life” party of death

Bookish Linkage

Book lovers live longer than non-readers The National Book Award finalists were announced. […]

Did a meteorite change Christianity?

St. Paul is widely considered as perhaps the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity. The Bible’s Acts of the Apostles gives three accounts of how he went from Saul of Tarsus, a zealous persecutor of Christians, to Paul, a man who traveled thousands of miles spreading Christianity. Based on those accounts, […]

Weekend Edition: 10-2

Foolishness of the Week

London secondary school bans slang

Nonbookish Linkage

Religion-based vaccination exemptions and the undefinable “sincerely held religious belief” But WWJD? What attracts some left-wingers to conspiracy theories? Is the Supreme Court really above partisanship? Early American colonists “imported” women — to make alcohol

Bookish Linkage

When a book ban battle became violent […]