On August 18, 1823, slaves in what is today Guyana rose up in what became known as the Demerara Rebellion. This was brutally suppressed by the English colonialists, but also.
I guess we can consider this bluff called: ‘AMATEUR HOUR’ — As the world watches the fallout from Afghanistan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her leadership team are busy planning.
Thoughts and prayers, big guy: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday, the governor’s office announced in a release.“Governor Abbott is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, in good.
The buzzword acronym in much of the corporate and educational world is DEI, which stands for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. A whole cottage industry has sprung up around this concept,.
A wrote a bit at 1945 on the collapse of the ANA. An army is a manifestation of a social structure, and can never be fully independent of that social.
Over the last week, Texas has averaged nearly 15,000 cases a day (which is almost surely a significant undercount, given the lack of systematic testing.) Greg Abbott has leapt into.
This is an interesting-looking preprint, involving a massive -- more than five million responses -- survey of the US population, conducted in collaboration with Facebook, in regard to shifting attitudes.
This is the grave of James Reed. Born in 1861 in Richland County, Ohio, Reed didn't stay there long. His family moved around and ended up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa..
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