Coffee & Prohibition
Coffee prohibition throughout history and how it compares and contrasts to other, more lingering forms of prohibition presented by our resident Florida Man
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Category: History
Long Arms and the American Revolution
DEG gives us an historical look at some of the more popular long arms used during the Revolution.
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Entertainment, red in tooth and claw
The past is full of shit that was fucking metal.
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The states and grand juries, Part Three: Reformers weaken, and in some cases destroy, the right to a grand jury
“When Dr. [Samuel] Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.” – Roscoe Conkling
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On reading old books – The Compleat Angler
PieInTheSky offers up a slice of history
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The states and grand juries, Part Two: Historical vignettes of grand juries under siege
Rather than give a comprehensive history of the victories of “reformers” who curtailed grand-jury rights in state after state, let me attempt to give some historical vignettes, and tie these vignettes together with some semblance of narrative coherence. Then later, I’ll give an account of the triumph of the reformers in their battle against the grand jury.
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The inn-arrr light – Quakers and Pirates, Part 3: The pirates of Penn…sylvania
“No, no, I said bring the pirates to the halter, not the altar.”
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The states and grand juries, Part One: The case of an enraged husband leads a couple of former pro-slavers to quarrel over the meaning of the Constitution
Who’s more dangerous – the killer, or the judges who hold his life in their hands?
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The inn-arrr light – Quakers and Pirates, Part 2: Sea-robbers, slavers, and religious persecution
Ye have heard of Blackbeard and Captain Morgan, but gather around and I’ll tell ye of how the Dread Pirate Babbitt threw an apple of discord amongst the Quakers
Read MoreThe inn-arrr light – Quakers and Pirates, Part 1: The Quaker catch-and-release pirate policy
A Quaker am I, and I sail the seas
If you’re a pirate, I won’t kill, but I’ll humiliate thee
Review of Cold Mountain (the book and the movie)
The Civil War brings you the feel-good hit of the summer – NOT.
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Jesus and The Gini Coefficients
In which robc uses mathematics to distance Jesus and his teachings from communism
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Not again… in Kabul. A short impression of recent events.
Not again, please.
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It was better back then: communism and nostalgia
The casual observer would, ehm… observe that late stage communism in Romania was not exactly...
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Deregulating the Maritime Domain – Part 3
The following article is adapted and abridged from a term paper I submitted for a Port Logistics and Management Course back in 2015. If anyone is interested in seeing the full article or a complete list of references, just ask. For obvious structural reasons, rather than stick with my original footnote format, I will be linking directly to the references where appropriate (but not linking to the same article multiple times).
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The man who fought a blacklist and killed the First Amendment (it got better)
Things were different in many ways a century ago, but in one respect it was like all places at all...
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But without government, who would build the People’s House?
PieInTheSky takes a crack at some derp with no intent to dethrone the reigning Derp-King
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Deregulating the Maritime Domain – Part 2
The following article is adapted and abridged from a term paper I submitted for a Port Logistics and Management Course back in 2015. If anyone is interested in seeing the full article or a complete list of references, just ask. For obvious structural reasons, rather than stick with my original footnote format, I will be linking directly to the references where appropriate (but not linking to the same article multiple times).
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Separation of college and sex
I’ve just finished The Campus Rape Frenzy, by K. C. Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr. The...
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What Somalia Proves
Derpetologist examines the Federal Republic of Somalia fallacy.
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