Spanish barbers were the Rodney Dangerfields of the Renaissance—they could get no respect, no respect at all. At least that’s the impression given by the historical record. For example, in 15th-century Toledo, Christian barbers lobbied the city to restrict where … Continue reading
Happy Monday! As always, today’s post is by Stephen Hall. Thanks, Stephen! I’m going to disagree with a lot of conservatives right off the bat and say that contrary to popular opinion leftism/progressivism/liberalism is not a mental disease. Rather … Continue reading
In the year of the Lord 1607 two colonies were founded in the Americas. One was Jamestown, the first surviving English colony in North America. The other was the start of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay, though the first mission, … Continue reading
Today’s post comes to us from Stephen Hall, just like every Monday…..but wait!!! It’s Tuesday already! Woo hoo!! Thank you Stephen! There is a little noticed pattern in the ranting of those known so affectionately as internet trolls which … Continue reading
Lisa: “But… my parents are counting on seeing me dance! And I’ve worked ever so hard.” Vicky Valentine: “I’m sorry Lisa, but giving everyone an equal part when they are clearly not equal, is called what again class?” (Children, in … Continue reading
Happy Monday!! As with every Monday, today’s post was written by Stephen Hall. Thank you Stephen, as always. Just a thought this day in celebration of the wonderful world of villains. Too often villains are only mentioned alongside heroes, but … Continue reading
Just two days ago, Pope Francis published a tweet so inane, the spirit moved me to write this blog post. Francis wrote: Do we really want peace? Then let’s ban all weapons so we don’t have to live in fear … Continue reading
Happy Monday everyone! As always, thanks to Stephen Hall for today’s article. Hope everyone has a great day and a fabulous week! The true detriment of a divided culture, more specifically the emergence of counter-cultures within a multi-cultural agenda, is … Continue reading
When President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua announced a plan to put the Nicaraguan Social Security in better financial footing by the obvious way—increasing contributions into and reducing payouts from the broken system—deadly protests broke out across the nation. The protests … Continue reading
Happy Monday FRians!! As always, this Monday’s post comes to us from Stephen Hall. Thanks again, Stephen! I was only recently introduced to the concept of the Overton Window, though to be fair I may have heard of it … Continue reading
