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912 WASHINGTON, DC TEA PARTY – QUIBBLIST NOT RACISTS!
" Representative Joe Wilson got it wrong, or did he? Just when I thought there would be little to write about this long after I attended the 912 Washington DC TEA Party event, fate has crashed open an avenue of... 
REPOSSESSION MURDER NEAR AUGUSTA GEORGIA USA
REPOSSESSION BY THE LOWEST BIDDER?"A Vehicle Repossession turned ugly. Now a Repoman and his wife are on the run and wanted for the murder of an Augusta GA man. NBC Augusta 26 News spoke with the man whose car ws being repossessed and watched his best friend of 20 years... 1897 views | 0 recommendations | 7 comments
Nervous curators fear for art as duke calls in his loan to Scotland gallery
Time's up for one of the collections at the National Gallery of Scotland, as the global economic turmoil seeps into the art world. The Duke of Sutherland, who owns the works and has been loaning them to the gallery, now says he must sell them. Now, a £100 million appeal has...
Sunday's Fancying a Day at the Uffizi
Opinion: I have a very soft spot for acutely detailed art and my favourites ranges from the ever popular High Rennaisance to the much criticised Impressionist era. So when I was going through some of the... 
Rapid inflation threatens India's boom times
"Inflation in India has soared to its fastest pace in more than three years,raising the prospect of a tighter monetary policy that would jeopardise thecountry's fading economic renaissance.The figures, which are deeply embarrassing to the Indian government and werepounced on...
Da Vinci's mom was a slave?
Proof that talent has little to do with patrician blood:"April 9, 2008 -- Leonardo Da Vinci, regarded by many as the greatest genius of the Renaissance, was the son of a humble slave girl and had at least 21...
New Salman Rushdie Book Due in June
Since the fatwa-scale firestorm of controversy erupted over the publication of The Satanic Verses, Sir Salman Rushdie has demonstrated that he is not only a provocative, but also a masterfully talented and...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Venetian Nunneries: An Awesome Good Time
New research is showing that contrary to popular opinion, nunneries in the late Middle Ages/early Renaissance were pretty darn cushy for the ladies -- at least the ones in Venice. Basically used to store "surplus" wealthy young women, the nunneries let the nuns come and go as...
DEMOCRACY, ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
Larry Siedentop identifies democracy with Christianity. In so far as he equates civil society with Christianity, he would appear to be right. The conclusion follows that Islam and democracy are totally antithetical - and they are. (This doesn't mean that Muslim...
Raphael painting sells for £18m
"A painting by Renaissance artist Raphael has sold for more than £18m ($37.3m) at an auction in London. The portrait, of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici, had not been seen in public since 1968. When it was last sold, the art world was divided over its origins and it sold...
Obituary: George Melly
"With his flamboyant suits, oversize hats and Havana cigars, George Melly was a good-time Renaissance man who indulged, often over-indulged, his passions for jazz, film, art, fishing, writing, drink and sex. He...
On 9/11, the Middle East was catapulted to the forefront on....
Islam and Christianity: clash of Faiths On 9/11, the Middle East was catapulted to the forefront on news programs around the world. Suddenly, what was happening...
Trade Versus Aid in Africa, Who Wins?
"Trade Versus Aid in Africa, Who Wins? Posted by beninmwangi on June 4th, 2007 It seemed like the time was right for me to pen this post about trade -vs- aid. This is a discussion that has a tremendous amount of relevance in Sub Saharan Africa. But it is also relevant in...
Defending Our Culture From Within and Without
The single, most important ingredient in the lives of my grandchildren is something they have not been taught and never think about; their inheritance of western culture as revised by the American Revolution. Why...
created by joellerose | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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