The Public "I"
HISTORY IN CONTEXT Every Day
Sunday, December 16, 2012
HERE WE COME A WASSAILING
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I don't know if you know this, but the Christmas carol started out as a dance, and then became a song. Whereas wassailing started ou...
Friday, December 14, 2012
CROSSING THE BORDER LINE
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I think we have all seen his photo, but I doubt if many of you have seriously gazed into the chubby self satisfied face of President C...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
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I wish I had been there on that fantastic July day in 169 B.C.in the Alexandrian suburb of Eleusis, when for a few brief moments the ...
Sunday, December 09, 2012
UP THE STAIRS
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I confess that my favorite nursery rhyme might be considered a bit morbid. Of course there is nothing unusual in that. The harmless ...
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