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How this site has evolved and what I think it's about.
You never know what you're going to run into when you start reading the classics.
Yuri Bezmenov claimed that the KGB had, in essence, taken over Look magazine. Was he crazy?
The image of Diem has evolved over the years. From Karnow's judgement to Moyar's we see a distinct pattern emerge.
Zecharia Sitchin has made a lifelong living from a series of pretty crazy books. Here we take a look at the origin of the craziness.
One more installment of the Life Magazine, 1964 series.
This is Locke's most important work, in my opinion. It is the blueprint for a democratic government made up of multiple branches, with checks and balances between them.
There were three Punic wars, each worse than the last.
A screed against the monarchy that any modern blogger will recognize as a first-rate fisking.
Hobbes' attempt to put philosophy on scientific grounds and "prove" that the idea of monarchy is good for us isn't very convincing.
The Heinlein juvenile novels were the inspriation for generations of engineers. I think, however, that Heinlein had a big plan behind the whole thing.
Part three in the series about evens of 1964 as portrayed in Life Magazine.
This book is Heinlein's first juvenile novel. It fits in perfectly with the concept of a "boys book", except for one thing.
The ultimate Calvin and Hobbes compendium, comprised of every strip that was ever published. It doesn't get much better than this.
Our next Heinlein juvenile is considered by many to be his best work.
Basenjis can be quite fun to own, but you have to understand the breed and, above all, be smarter than the dog.
John Locke was one of the fathers of modern democracy. His writings were some of the seeds that started the United States.
This time around, Heinlein gives us a tale of pioneering and survival.
Voltaire had it all: he was rational, successful and witty.
Farmer in the Sky is my favorite of the Heinlein Junveniles. It's also a perfect example of my thesis that Heinlein was intentionally crafting a generation of youngsters.
