The constitution contains a provision that bans the importation of slaves after 1809. What this led to was the development of slave breeding farms, especially as the soil on the big plantations start… (View Post)

I first read the Anabasis when I was a journalist in the US Army. You could argue that he's the first war correspondent we know of. He was a retired general from Athens and only went along on the exp… (View Post)

That's a bit of an understatement. Gary Gygax cited Fritz Leiber as a major influence on early D&D. These stories pretty much provide the archetype for adventurer/thieves living on the loot of th… (View Post)

Freudian slip from Fox and Friends: Fox host calls Trump a "dictator". (View Post)

WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail. For the female o… (View Post)