I have written about Donald Trump, the buffoon campaigning for the Republican nominee as President of the United States, on multiple occasions. I have written about how he is uses nativist fears of the Other to scapegoat immigrants for societal ills they did not create. I’ve written about Trump’s breathtaking hypocrisy and lies. I’ve mentioned… Read more Fear and Far Right Populism
Joan of England, was born on July 22, 1210, the oldest daughter of King John (John Lackland) and Queen Isabella of Angoulême, and she died at the tender age of seventeen on March 4, 1238. We don’t know that much about her, historically, because she was a mere female and a well-behaved one at that,… Read more Joan, Queen of Scotland
Today is a very important day in the United Kingdom. It is Ron Weasley’s birthday. Also, it is St. David’s Day. St David’s Day is a BIG deal in Wales … as it should be considering 1) St David was Welsh and 2) he is the patron saint of Wales and 3) honoring him… Read more Happy St David’s Day to the Welsh and Welsh of Heart
Today is a very important day in the United Kingdom. It is Ron Weasley’s birthday. Also, it is St. David’s Day. St David’s Day is a BIG deal in Wales … as it should be considering 1) St David was Welsh and 2) he is the patron saint of Wales and 3) honoring him… Read more Happy St David’s Day to the Welsh and Welsh of Heart
The recently released results of a metadata analysis found that organic meat and dairy products do indeed have some nutritional differences when compared to conventional beef and milk. The organic meat and dairy has significantly more Omega-3 fatty acids (yay!) and significantly less iodine (boo!) than ‘regular’ meat and milk. As usual, the benefits of… Read more Food for Thought
Historical fiction is a touchy subject for reasons that I, as someone with Asperger’s syndrome, have a hard time fathoming. There is fiction, and there is fact, and if the twain don’t meet 100% then it is historical fiction. In fact, historical fiction that is 100% accurate in historical details (how I do love Susan… Read more Fictions and Factions
Back when the earth was still cooling and I was in grad school, I took a class on anthropological theory. Now, I am a semi-postmodern girl, in that I think the truth is highly subjective and relative … but I do think some things are provable data. The graduate school I was attending was, at… Read more From Whence Science
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died on Saturday of a heart attack while on a West Texas hunting trip. Now, I would never write a tribute to the man who said torture was Constitutionally okay because it wasn’t punishment per se or black people were maybe better off in lesser schools (which is another way… Read more Scalia’s Death and the Next Member of SCOTUS
Today, I had planned on discussing the birth and death of Elizabeth of York. Alas, I feel as though I must discuss Beyoncé’s performance at the 2016 Super Bowl before it and its civil rights message loses cultural focus. First, a celebration of one’s heritage and ancestry only seems to be problematic in America when… Read more Beyoncé and Entertainment as a Site of Resistance
Death is hard on the deceased’s loved ones, and even in these days of advanced medicine the end of life is often astoundingly abrupt. One day you are hale, the next day you are ill, and the day after that you are being laid to rest. My grandmother passed away Saturday. She was 92 years… Read more Memento Mori