The Farewell Dossier
By Marcus J. Ranum.
Those ignorant of history…
William Safire, of the New York Times wrote an article:
(http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/02/opinion/02SAFI.html also cached here) about “The Farewell [...]
Gath: Biblical Philistine City of Goliath Found by Archaeologists
Bar Ilan University.
The Ackerman Family Bar-Ilan University Expedition to Gath, headed by Prof. Aren Maeir, has discovered the fortifications and entrance gate of the biblical city of Gath of the Philistines, home of [...]
70 Years of Korean War
By David Swanson.
After marking the destruction of Nagasaki and the police-murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson on August 9th, Americans have options for what to commemorate on August 10th. I’m inclined to think that August [...]
Hiroshima: The Total Ending of Total War by Other Means
By Julian French.
“Sixteen hours ago an American plane dropped one bomb on the city of Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy”.
President Harry S. Truman, 6 August, 1945
Alphen, Netherlands. 6 August. [...]
The Israeli Labor Party 1968-1999
By Dr. Haytham A. Mouzahem.
The Israeli Labor Party 1968-1999 (In Arabic) reviewed by Professor Adham Saouli .
In this book, H.A. Mouzahem sheds light on the historical, ideological, political,organizational, [...]
Mercy and Responsibility in Henry Roth’s Mercy of a Rude Stream
By Ronald Bleier.
If there is a list somewhere of great American novels, Henry Roth’s remarkably accessible and powerful masterpiece, Mercy of a Rude Stream, must surely be at, or near, the top. Mercy is Roth’s massive, [...]
Are Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements of Any Value?
By Lawrence Wittner.
“Placed in the context of over a half century of nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements, the Iran nuclear deal does not seem at all outlandish,” the author writes. (Photo: Lamerie/flickr/cc)
The [...]
Operation Banner 1969 to 2007- British Forces in Northern Ireland
By Alan Malcher.
Operation Banner is not only the longest British military campaign it is also one of the most controversial and misunderstood. This is not surprising as most of the facts have been distorted by IRA propaganda [...]
A divine test
By Subodh Rana.
Elders in the family passed away one after another each time bringing the title of Maharajah of Kaski and Lamjung and the coveted post of prime minister of Nepal closer and closer to the youngest legitimate brother, [...]
Lasers on the Road to Ubiquity
By Alton Parrish.
When the National Science Foundation (NSF) was founded in 1950, the laser didn’t exist. Some 65 years later, the technology is ubiquitous.
As a tool, the laser has stretched the imaginations of countless [...]
Historic Tweet Tells World Unmarked Grave of Scottish Science Hero Patrick Matthew is Finally Discovered
By Mike Sutton
It has long been known that the Scot, Patrick Matthew, the only true originator of the theory of natural selection, was buried in what is now an unmarked grave in Errol
Churchyard in the Carse of Gowrie, Scotland. However, [...]
Artist Paints Satirical Portrait as Analogy to Explain Charles Darwin’s Science Fraud
By Mike Sutton.
This oil painting, by the Nottingham based British portrait artist Gabriel Woods, showing Darwin holding Patrick Matthew as his own child. Paying homage to religious pictures of the Virgin Mary and child, this [...]
Egyptian mummification started 1500 years earlier than thought
By York and Oxford Universities.
Researchers from the Universities of York, Macquarie and Oxford have discovered new evidence to suggest that the origins of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously [...]
The Vietnam War: After Forty Years
By Lawrence S. Wittner.
Today, 40 years after the American war in Vietnam ended in ignominious defeat, the traces of that terrible conflict are disappearing.
Traveling through Vietnam during the latter half of April [...]
Jewish Soldiers Battled Nazi Germany, Another Way to Teach about the European Holocaust
By Alan Singer.
As a young Jewish boy in the Bronx during the 1950s I grew up in the shadow of the European Holocaust. The extermination of six million Jews at the hands of Nazi Germany during World War II was in the background [...]
The Patrick Matthew Supermyth
By Mike Sutton.
A supermyth is a myth about a myth, where the second myth is created in an apparent atmosphere of concern to veraciously bust the first myth. What makes supermyths so powerful is that they appear all the more plausible [...]
Berlin Congress of 1878 still in force in the Balkans
By Anis Bajrektarevic.
Map of South-Eastern Europe after the Congress of Berlin, 1878 (Photo: Courtesy of WikiCommons)
Aegean theater of the Antique Greece was the place of astonishing revelations and intellectual excellence [...]
Nepal signature block print
By Subodh Rana.
We had almost exhausted the supply of typical gifts from Nepal. These are the souvenirs we take every year to tourism fairs to present to our overseas partners. Handicrafts and weaves, tea bags and coffee sachets were [...]
Why Darwinists, being mostly biologists, missed the world’s most powerful analogy
By Mike Sutton.
Building a little upon the extensive work of the pioneering human transplant surgeon and Darwin expert Jim Dempster, I summarized in my book “Nullius ” what Patrick Matthew originally contributed to knowledge in 1831. [...]
Public Policy and happiness: A historical overview
By Jon Kofas.
It stands to reason that all human beings (assuming free of mental illness) want to be happy, content or at least have positive feelings and harmony in their lives. However, happiness is very subjective based [...]