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Strumplets, Part II

August 9, 2018

Continued from Part I Dawen was alone in the kitchen of Daggers Drawn when the strumplet came in to get more mead. Wiping her hands on a dirty apron, she motioned the

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"American Salmon" by Rudyard Kipling

August 9, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from American Notes, by Rudyard Kipling (published 1891). All spelling in the original. The race is neither to the swift nor the battle to

Literature

Strumplets, Part I

August 8, 2018

The girl lay in the road, clothed only in dirt. Her tongue, caked with dust, pushed out of her mouth and her limbs lay twisted. The soles of her small feet were

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The Hundred Years' War (Part 1)

August 8, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from An Introduction to the History of Western Europe, by James Harvey Robinson (published 1902) Extent of the king of England’s realms before Edward I (1272–1307)

History·Nationalism

The Battle of Fort Stephenson (1813)

August 7, 2018

Editor’s note: The following account of a battle in the War of 1812 is extracted from Our Country, Volume 2, by Benson J. Lossing (published 1877). All spelling in the original. We

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Jesus On Money, AKA: Was Jesus A Socialist?

August 7, 2018

Those from the Socialist/Communist side of things often like to argue that Jesus was a Socialist. Recently, the talk show host Stephen Colbert advanced this idiocy. They like to point out that

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What Is Black And White And Red All Over?

August 6, 2018

If you grew up like me, you heard that riddle when you were small and didn’t really get it. The answer, of course, is the Newspaper. And it alludes to the fact

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"The Shop of Ghosts" by G.K. Chesterton

August 6, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from Tremendous Trifles, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1909). All spelling in the original. Nearly all the best and most precious things in the universe