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Easter in Art, Music, History and Religion
EasterEaster is also known as Pasch as Resurrection Sunday and it is the most important holy day for Christians all denominations. It a festive holiday celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from...
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Facts about The Renaissance
The Renaissance occurred from the early 14th century to the late 16th century.The word ‘renaissance’ is a French word which means ‘rebirth’. The people credited with beginning the Renaissance were...
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Neglected Important Artists, No. 1
Artist fall into and out of favor. Here are some of the works and the biographies of some artists who are now little known, forgotten or under-appreciated. Their works are of exceptional quality and...
View ArticleFacts About Passover
Passover, also called Pesach, is the eight-day observance commemorating the freedom and exodus of the Israelites (Jewish slaves) from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II in the 1200's B.C....
View ArticleTwo Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. Bishop did not see herself as a "lesbian poet" or as a "female poet" although she was a lesbian and still considered...
View ArticleOld Negro Spiritual: Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
There are some of the more recent plantation hymns which have added an element of culture without diminishing religious fervor. One of the best of these is "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?"...
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Neglected Imprtant Artists, No. 2
Artist fall into and out of favor. Here are some of the works and the biographies of some artists who are now little known, forgotten or under-appreciated. Their works are of exceptional quality and...
View ArticleA True Story
The African-American boy was the grandson of slaves. He was born in a poor neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, known as the "Back of Town". His father abandoned the family when the child was...
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Knowledge Quiz, No. 53
I dislike the term trivia. No knowledge is trivial. All information contributes to the whole of an intelligent human being. And, it is an essential part of critical thinking. That is why I did not call...
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Cardinal Raymond Burke:Gays and Remarried Catholics Are Just As Sinful As MurderersWhen Pope Francis last year effectively demoted U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke by moving him out of a senior post in the...
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Easter in Art, Music, History and Religion
EasterEaster is also known as Pasch and as Resurrection Sunday. It is the most important holy day for Christians of all denominations. Easter is a festive holiday which celebrates the Resurrection of...
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Facts about The Renaissance
The Renaissance occurred from the early 14th century to the late 16th century.The word ‘renaissance’ is a French word which means ‘rebirth’. The people credited with beginning the Renaissance were...
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Neglected Famous Artists, No. 3
Charles Frederick Goldie (1870–1947) was a New Zealand artist best known for his painting of the tattooed native people of New Zealand, the Māori. Goldie studied art part-time under Louis John Steele....
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The Church of ScientologyBased on the 2013 book of the same name by Lawrence Wright, Going Clear not only exposes details about Scientology but also serves as an in-depth explainer for those unfamiliar...
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Anti-Semitism in the U.S. State of MissouriAnti-Semitism is alive and well among Republicans in the U.S. state of Missouri. The details about the last minutes leading up to the tragic suicide of a...
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Neglected Important Artists, No. 4
Guido Cadorin Guido Cadorin (1892 - 1978) was a Venetian artist who was born into a family of artists, sculptors and architects. He was an important figure in both the Art Nouveau and the Magic Realism...
View ArticleThe Man Who Discovered Pluto
In 1929, a young researcher named Clyde Tombaugh was handed a thankless, seemingly impossible task. His bosses at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A., gave him a series of nearly...
View ArticleLegally Sanctioned Prejudice in the Name of God
In the U.S.in places like Indiana and Arkansas, new laws have been enacted by the Republicans who control those states to permit Bible-based prejudice against gays and lesbians In the wake of...
View ArticleFacts about Mexico
The official name of Mexico is Estados Únidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States). The name given to what is now called Mexico by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés (1485 -1547) was New Spain.Mexico...
View ArticleNursery Rhymes
When you sing or say nursery rhymes to children, you may be telling the same poems and tales that, in some form, were told by fire-light from parents to their children centuries ago, perhaps even as...
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