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

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
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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 The left wants one simple law passed and the right another repealed.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
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Why We Keep Our Guns

March 28, 2018
Because loyalty has its own rewards: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he will expand the number of civilians involved in armed militias, providing guns to as many as 400,000 loyalists. The announcement
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Prooftexting Gets Nasty

March 26, 2018
I’m pretty sure this is not what Solomon meant: [T]here are millions of people throughout history who have actually swallowed the idea of urine as medicine. It is often called urotherapy. “Drink
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Do Trans Women go to Seminary?

March 22, 2018
Mount Holyoke College has some helpful hints to keep its professors from offending women who aren’t: Gender Neutral/Affirming Ways to Address Your Class When discussing the student body, say ‘Mount Holyoke students’
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Witch Hunt

March 10, 2018
Sometimes snowflakes melt so hard you can hear them: EMMAUS, Pa. – “Complete and utter ignorance.” “Horrified.” That’s how people around Emmaus are reacting after finding out that for about three weeks
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The Grapevine in Winter

March 8, 2018
After any number of grape tests here at Rancho d’El Borak, it turns out that the Concord seems to grow the best for me. Not as a wine grape, obviously – who wants
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Horseradish the easy way

February 28, 2018
The Dread Ilk known as Doom axes: I think you suggested you grow horseradish? I would like to do that as well… While speaking with my mother, though, she said she is
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Custer: My Life on the Plains

February 13, 2018
Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. My father is a George Custer fanatic. He’s been to Little Big Horn on numerous occasions, photographed
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Beggar's Choice, Part III

January 30, 2018
Part II can be found [here] Kern’s name indeed proved a password to the castle, much to Larvik’s surprise. Gate guards had recognized the little man, and they led Larvik and his
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