Wednesday, November 29, 2023

A review of “Swiss Gnomes and Global Investing” (audiobook)

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So I was recently listening to some additional presentations from an audio series about investment . This particular installment was called ...
Monday, November 27, 2023

A review of the BBC’s “The Crusades”

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The  Crusades  are one of the most infamous episodes in all of medieval history . More than 700 years later, they are still extremely contro...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

A review of the BBC’s “The Stuarts & The Stuarts in Exile”

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“… all and every person and persons, who shall or may take or inherit the said Crown, by virtue of the limitation of this present act, and i...
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

A review of “Duns Scotus and Medieval Christianity” (audiobook)

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The  Scottish   philosopher   Duns Scotus  got a bad rap after his death. The English word “dunce” comes from the name of “Duns Scotus.” ...
Monday, October 30, 2023

A review of PBS’s “War of the Worlds” (American Experience)

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Note: This post contains some science-fiction images, which are used to dramatize the story. Thus, not all of the pictures in this particula...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Constitution of Massachusetts influenced the national Constitution

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“We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the universe, in a...

The Constitution of Massachusetts influenced the Bill of Rights

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“All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjo...