Daily Archives: March 13, 2006

The Rewriting of History

Last week, The Baron du Toit wrote a very timely, for me anyway, post about the controlling of historical facts and supplied this saying from Orwell He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls … Continue reading

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RNS Quote of the Day — Cooper/Heinlein Two-Fer

…Superficialities, of course, are rife. A young man should be computer literate, and moreover should know Hemingway from James Joyce. He should know how to drive a car well — such as is not covered in “Driver Ed.” He should … Continue reading

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