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 The left wants one simple law passed and the right another repealed.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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Noted Guerrillas: a Review

September 26, 2019
John N. Edwards’ Noted Guerrillas (1877) Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. The difficulty with Edwards’s Noted Guerrillas is not that the story
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Lakota Noon: a Review

September 24, 2019
Gregory F. Michno – Lakota Noon (Missoula: Mountain Press. 1997). Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. Gregory F. Michno is tired of politicized
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When The Garden Gets Away

September 4, 2019
It happens to every gardener eventually: life gets in the way of the garden. CurrentYear() is my year for it and I have no excuses*. While much of the north garden is
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Prepper Fantasies Deconstructed

August 21, 2019
The Gentleman Adventurer nails it: Of course you will be much better prepared in a location like rural Kentucky than in downtown Los Angeles, but the idea that in a better position
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