Education in the 40s
There’s a video (the title of the video says 40s in it) up on YouTube (which videos always come and go…so watch soon) that shows …
History
The Alamo: The Texas Thermopylae
On the Website of the Alamo, they say: On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna’s army outside San Antonio …
Texas Independence Day!
On this day in history, rights were recognized to govern Texas, instead of dictatorship and some form of racial nationalism. Picture from Celebrate Texas. Here …
A Current Read
This book is good: It’s a slim book: 124 pages long. But it is interesting and insightful. You cannot, by any rational standard, but respect …
History of Human Height & Disease
In “Life Expectancy and Growth of Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Humans” at Whole Health Source, Stephan writes: If paleolithic people were healthier than us due to …
Happy Birthday, Mr. Douglas!!
Mrs. Debi Ghate said on the Voices For Reason (update: corrected “of” to “from” on 2-25-09) blog that Mr. Douglas’ birthday was in February! The …
More Lincoln
In Lincoln at 200, part 2, on Power Line, a writer by the name of Scott says that Lincoln gave a speech to the Illinois …
A Charles Darwin Bio
The Biology Department of Coe College has a biographical sketch of Mr. Darwin. An excerpt: Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12, 1809, …
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln!
Frederick Douglas admired Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln studied Euclid’s Elements until he had it memorized. He did so on purpose to make himself a …