On Darwinism versus Darwinist

8 years ago | Comments Off on On Darwinism versus Darwinist
 – Mike Sutton –   ONCE AGAIN, THE BIGDATA-IDD METHOD CUTS THROUGH UNINFORMED CLAPTRAP LIKE A BUZZSAW IN BALONEY Vogt (1863) was apparently the first to be second to use the term Darwinist, which was first coined in 1861 I’ve [...]

Thanksgiving: the English Origins of the Word and American Holiday

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By Mike Sutton  The website of the History Channel – History.com    provides a neat summary of the history of the first American Thanksgiving in the Plymouth settlement in America, which is marked as the year following the first 1620 [...]
Is this the Shocking Origin of "Easter Eggs"?

Is this the Shocking Origin of “Easter Eggs”?

9 years ago | Comments Off on Is this the Shocking Origin of “Easter Eggs”?
By Mike Sutton   Searching through over 30 million documents that comprise Google’s mighty library project, the earliest currently discovererable use of the term ‘Easter egg/s’ is an old book:   Sanderson, W. (1656), [...]