Archive for the 'History' Category

Yes Justice Scalia, There Were Patents Relating To Training Horses in the 1890s; But More Importantly, We Need Them Today

Can you patent horse training?

The Killer Trail: The Voulet-Chanoine Mission

An excerpt from The Killer Trail by Bertrand Taithe.

Five Things You Never Knew about West Side Story

Geoffrey Block share five facts about West Side Story.

On whether KSM deserves Vengeance or Justice

Elvin Lim comments on the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s upcoming trial in New York for the September 11th attacks within the context of justice in our legal system.

Hysteria: A Circus

An excerpt from Hysteria: The Biography.

Three South African Exports: Place of the Year 2009

Jake Kraft looks at one of South Africa’s biggest exports: its people.

A Toast to South African Wine:
Place of The Year 2009

Nothing says classy like incredible acumen in wine industry knowledge. Read about one of the world’s top ten wine producers here.

The Blue Dress
Place of the Year 2009

15 years ago Albie Sachs was appointed by Nelson Mandela to South Africa’s first Constitutional Court. Here he talks about one of the most important buildings in the post-apartheid era and the artwork that makes its visitors pause.

The Future is Another Country:
Place of the Year 2009

Author Peter McDonald was the first to investigate the newly opened archives of South Africa’s apartheid censorship bureaucracy in 1999. He was astounded at what he found…

Calling Out All Former Carmen Sandiego Gumshoes!
Place of the Year 2009

Take the “Place of the Year” challenge and win books! Loot, warrant, crook.

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