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| Herodotus, the "Father of History," is also known as the
Father of Lies. That's a bit unfair to old Harry, but it catches the truth that
nothing -- not even sex or religion -- is more controversial. Places like the Middle
East and the Balkans produce more of it than can be consumed locally ... and all the rest
of us get the surplus. I'm no postmodernist-deconstructionist-whatever. Something or other really did happen in the past, but we always end up seeing it through our own lens -- usually one better suited to a kaleidoscope. Still and all, the greatest story ever told ... |
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Tarrantry (July 19, 2000) In a world only slightly different from our own, geological forces uplifted the Continental Shelf to form an island, west of Brittany and south of Ireland. This island came to be known as Tarrantry. From a duchy of medieval France it became in time an independent nation, small in population but prosperous from trade and redoubtable at sea ... (Alternate History, not the real thing!)
Those Naughty Crusaders (February 19, 2000) Cultural stereotypes have an amazingly long life span. And in the eyes of their Muslim contemporaries, the medieval "Franks" were entirely too frank ...
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