Category Archives: history

Vintage Archaeology

Posted on April 17, 2023 by JE

Emlyn Dodd has a nice piece up today at The Conversation about a newly excavated winery from the later Roman Empire. The property originally belonged to the Quintilii brothers, and then became part of the emperor’s holdings after Commodus had … Continue reading →

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Paranoia Will Destroy Ya

Posted on April 14, 2023 by JE

I just got the Hofstadter volume from the Library of America and I’ve been enjoying/suffering through a reread of “The Paranoid Style in American Politics”. “Enjoying” because Hofstadter is a knowledgeable and deeply insightful writer with a dryly witty style; … Continue reading →

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Gormless Gomes on the Ground

Posted on April 14, 2023 by JE

This afternoon I was reading up on Danish King Gorm (a.k.a Gorm the Old, a.k.a. Gorm the Lazy, a.k.a. my new role model), and idly wondered if it was the same root as the gorm in English gormless “clueless”. It … Continue reading →

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Trump or Carinus?

Posted on March 21, 2023 by JE
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We Have Been Here Before

Posted on January 4, 2023 by JE

Eve Edwards writes an interesting piece at The Focus about previous SNAFUs in electing the Speaker of the House. In 1856 they finally settled on a member of the Know-Nothing Party, which is probably something that would appeal to modern … Continue reading →

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