El Borak

El Borak is an historian by training, an IT Director by vocation, and a writer when the mood strikes him. He lives in rural Kansas with his wife of thirty years, where he works to fix the little things.

July 12, 2018

Gardening

Bunch of Little Rotters

Over the years my tomato patch has produced respectable results. But one of the problems I consistently encountered was called Blossom End Rot. It happened first some ten years ago and grew

February 19, 2018

What Did We Think Was Going To Happen?

Everyone, it seems, has a magic bullet that’s going to end school shootings. It’s part of our culture. The left wants one simple law passed and the right another repealed. Everyone on Twitter is a policy expert, Facebook is filled

February 26, 2018

Undercover Gardening: Mulching with Shredded Paper

September 21, 2019

A Spiritually Dark Future

Family·Gardening

Prepping: The Greek Strategy

July 7, 2018

One thing that never seems to change is the preppers’ obsession with storing enough stuff. They want more canned green beans and more ammo and more gold, as if once SHTF hits,

Children·Culture

Make Tomorrow’s Memories

June 26, 2018

And you thought it was just about Confederate statues: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name will be removed from a major award because of how the “Little House on the Prairie” author portrayed minorities

Fitness

Off Your Meds

June 16, 2018

Welcome to medication nation: Tampa (AFP) – One third of Americans are taking prescription and over-the-counter drugs, such as birth control pills, antacids and common heart medications, that may raise the risk

Culture

When the Well Runs Dry

June 11, 2018

After 8 years of not noticing things, the press rediscovers that Social Security is going broke: Medicare and Social Security are running out of money more quickly than expected, officials said Tuesday.

Religion

Keeping Isaiah's Sign in Context

June 7, 2018

In a post called “Atheists don’t study the bible,” Ray Comfort* rebuts an “infamous mistranslation” of Isaiah: Carl, Isaiah 7:14 says “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a

Culture·Religion

Why Jesus Says Nothing About Gay Marriage

June 2, 2018

TerryM asks via email: Not to be a pain, or obtuse, but where in the Bible does it say that homosexuality is against God’s will? Isn’t it in Leviticus? And isn’t true

Culture

The Problems With Greater Appalachia

May 26, 2018

are two: 1) It’s militarily indefensible 2) Not controlling the lower Mississippi or another ocean port, it has no way to get its product out. This ‘American nations’ map from Tuft’s Magazine

Gardening

The Chicken Composter

May 17, 2018

Years ago I built a chicken tractor, which at the time was the newest and coolest trend in homesteading. What it was, in essence, was a moveable coop with no bottom: you

History

A Gruesome And Ironic Image

May 16, 2018

Slate’s David Plotz blogs 1Kings 22: [T]he last prophet, Micaiah, warns Ahab that the other prophetical advice is flawed and that he will die taking the town. Ahab ignores the caution, instead

History

Albert Castel: Civil War Kansas

May 8, 2018

Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. Albert Castel was recognized as one the America’s finest Civil War Historians. The Wichita native authored biographies

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