2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (119+ words) Tarlton takes his place in theatrical history as creator of the stage yokel; his performance in this role is thought to have influenced Shakespeare's creation of the character Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Tarlton himself is said to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (211+ words) Roy Woods Jr., of Daily Show fame, and Shannon Sharpe seem a little insane in this clip. One day I will. They ain't got no money, though. [Shannon bursts out laughing] What do you bet he'd still accept reparations from…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (239+ words) White people always get the blame for slavery, but what about the Black Kings, the Arabs, and the Jews? Oh, for Christ's sake, we're always seen as the sole villains who created slavery, while everyone else played innocent. Lies! This…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (172+ words) Both attacks on free speech are devastating for academia, but in different ways. Crispin Sartwell retired as a philosophy professor in 2023. His most recent book is "Beauty: A Quick Immersion." As a professor, dumb question. Can't tolerate any thought-diversity now,…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (348+ words) One of the most blasphemous lines in Dilexi Te comes under the chapter heading titled, "Accompanying migrants." It reads: "Mary and Joseph flee with the child Jesus to Egypt. Christ himself, who "came to what was his own, and his…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (291+ words) American slavery is taught inaccurately by omitting important facts or truths. Generally speaking, it is basically taught that only two races represent the oppressed and oppressor. The oppressed are black and the oppressors are white, period! The former is true,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (151+ words) The measure sponsored by 4th Ward Ald. Lamont Robinson issued a formal apology from the City Council "to the Black citizens of Chicago for the historical injustices of slavery, segregation, systemic racism and the policies that have perpetuated racial inequality." It…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (92+ words) I asked for recommendations of contemporaneous histories of the post-Civil war Reconstruction in the South years ago, but lost the bookmark to that thread. Had several great replies, but I can't remember the authors. Looking for balanced accounts, preferably pre…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (85+ words) In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, two Baton Rouge photographers captured an image of a former slave's horrifically scarred back that shocked white Americans across the Union. Now that photo is among dozens of exhibits about slavery at…...

4+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (91+ words) BREAKING: Following an inquiry from @FDRLST earlier today, GEICO told me via e-mail that this individual no longer works for the company. "This individual no longer works for our company," a spokesperson for GEICO told @FDRLST . "We do not condone…...