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Juan Cole & his Napoleon connection
Image via Wikipedia Juan Cole has been and is recognized for the quality of his blogging about Iraq and the Middle East. Today I discovered that unsurprisingly he has a Napoleon connection. This is … more »
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Juan Cole & his Napoleon connection
BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 week ago: Image via Wikipedia Juan Cole has been and is recognized for the quality of his blogging about Ira … more »
The force of Nature
BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 weeks ago: Image via Wikipedia This was supposed to be a year of national celebration in China with the offic … more »
The Art of Vasily Grossman
BobG in Vancouver wrote 3 weeks ago: Image via Wikipedia Using Viewzi I found interesting web articles about Vasily Grossman including … more »
Another oft repeated story about Napoleon
BobG in Vancouver wrote 3 weeks ago: Image by caribb via Flickr Do you believe that Napoleon died by arsenic poisoning or of stomach c … more »
Dalrymple vs. Sam Harris et al
BobG in Vancouver wrote 3 weeks ago: Image via Wikipedia It is, I think, a good sign that Richard Dawkins’ .net web site offers a … more »
Grossman vs. Victor Serge
BobG in Vancouver wrote 4 weeks ago: Image via Wikipedia I am finishing Unforgiving Years by Victor Serge, a pseudonym. Inevitably I co … more »
Neural Buddhism according to David Brooks NYT
BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: In today’s column in NYT he says: This new wave of research will not seep into the public real … more »
GWB and his "Churchill cult"
BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: Geoffrey Wheatcroft writes in NY Review of Books, one of my favorite journals of opinion, writes an … more »
The post that is viewed most often day in day out!
BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 months ago: It’s about the proposition that Napoleon Bonaparte was the first to develop principles of indu … more »
A strange fact about a great astronomer circa 17th century
BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 months ago: I did not know this until today from On this Day in History, On this day in 4977 B.C., the universe … more »
Key Napoleon web site
BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 months ago: and here is the link! I am looking forward to see how this post affects my blog stats. Over the las … more »
Most views of this web site key on Napoleon
BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 months ago: My main motivation for this post is to test the interest in the blogosphere for posts about Napoleon … more »
More Six Word Reviews
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Eva wrote 3 months ago: Before I get to the reviews, I have to mention the goodness of bloggers! Yesterday, I checked the ma … more »
Another view of the cause of the Universe
BobG in Vancouver wrote 3 months ago: The Templeton Prize 2008 has been awarded to Prof Michael Heller. Here is an excerpt from his writin … more »
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Adair wrote 4 months ago: The Handler This was interesting. I liked the puppet/puppeteer dynamic, and the reactions of the cro … more »
Ruined by Reading (thoughts)
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Eva wrote 4 months ago: What? A book review? Say it ain’t so! Oh yes, dear readers. I happen to have recently … more »
Hitlerism and German military were defeated by Stalin's political leadership, Soviet Armed forces and the massive scale of Russian resources, mostly!
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BobG in Vancouver wrote 4 months ago: Every time I read and hear about WW II from the Western perspective, I feel the real story of who wo … more »
Double the Fun, Double the Flavour
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Adair wrote 5 months ago: Having read the Chrysalids as a young teen (about 13-14), and then reading it again, I discovered th … more »
Some Really Good Non-Fiction
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Eva wrote 5 months ago: It seems like lately, non-fic and I are bosom buddies. :) The last three I read all rated four or … more »
