Thursday, 25 September 2025

The supposed icon of the “Spanish reconquest” actually spent much of his career defending Muslim kingdoms against their Muslim and Christian enemies

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And so it was that when the armies of the two taifa kingdoms clashed at the Battle of Cabra in 1079, each was led by a detachment of Castili...
Wednesday, 24 September 2025

He’ll pass then, whereas Kennedy could never have passed them

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One Senator did not share those feelings [that the South could block civil rights]. “Smarter than they are” though Richard Russell may have ...
Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Senatorial power had been a coefficient of Presidential weakness

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Senatorial power had been a coefficient of Presidential weakness, and for thirty years, Presidents had either like Grant, or indecisive, or ...
Monday, 22 September 2025

The people should have as little to do as may be about the government

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Each state, the Framers decided, would be represented by only two senators; the first Senate of the United state consisted of just twenty-si...
Sunday, 21 September 2025

His actual work load for an entire year ... totals approximately 4.6 minutes

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And to undo another myth, rodeo is not cruel to animals. Compared to the arduous life of any 'using horse' on a cattle or dude ranch...
Saturday, 20 September 2025

If he's 'strong and silent' it's because there's probably no one to talk to

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In our hellbent earnestness to romaniticise the cowboy we've ironically disesteemed his true character. If he's 'strong and sile...
Friday, 19 September 2025

How can I get that hand out of his pocket – so I can cut his balls off

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Johnson told an assistant: “You know the difference between Hubert and me? When Hubert sits across from [Labour leader] Reuther and Reuther’...