The phrase “Ecco il fico” has a particularly ripe meaning, writes Rob Chirico in the Strong Language blog: The year was 1162 when he returned and easily subdued the revolt. According to the chronicler Giambattista Gelli, Frederick [Frederick the First, Holy Roman emperor, also known as “Barbarossa”] got them back for the mule debacle, and then […]
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A scholarly book review — Fish and Chips: A History
Here’s a new review of a new history of fish and chips in Britain: “Book Review: Fish and Chips: A History,” Spencer Swain, Cultural Sociology, vol. 9 no. 4, December 2015, pp. 590-592. (Thanks to Dan Vergano for bringing this to our attention.) The author, at Leeds Beckett University, UK, reviews the book Fish and […]
Puritan values: Revised history of Harvard and Yale Universities
Puritan State University tells its own history, and also its own history of two other universities: Brief History As were the cases wherein Reverend Harvard founded Harvard University and Rev. Yale, the Yale University in the states, so was Dr. Si Hwa Chang who likewise, as nationalist and a true believer of the Puritan martyr spirit, who […]
Professor Wright meets Professor Wrong (Toronto, c. 1921)
If you’re looking for a (documented) example of an occasion when Professor Wright encountered Professor Wrong, then your search is over. One such event happened somewhere around March 1921, at the University of Toronto Winter Short Course for farmers. Here’s an account, in Volume XXI of the University of Toronto Monthly, March 1921, No. 6. […]