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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. It has often...
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I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. We are not...
View ArticleTop Comments: the "Lost Album #2" edition
An update on some “lost albums” from two years ago, after the jump ….But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleReligion 101: Women and marriage under ancient Irish Brehon law
Long before Ireland became Christian, the pagan Irish had a religious and legal system organized by the Druids. The Druids were a combination of priests, prophets, and astrologers, and they also served...
View ArticleTop Comments: Revisiting books and films edition
Revisiting some old books and films years later, after the jump:But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleTop Comments: the Fall of a Chieftain edition
A look at a fallen individual I had admired long ago, after the jump …..But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleTop Comments: Open Thread edition
You’re on your own tonight.But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that are perceptive, apropos and .. well,...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleTop Comments: the Leopard Changing Spots? edition
Journalist/pundits who may-or-may-not have changed spots, after the jump:But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleTop Comments: the August 2020 Top Comments update edition
An update of some stories recounted in this space, after-the-jump ……………….But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Laramie, Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.ART NOTES— an exhibition...
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