The arms race to develop, or improve, ways of killing has been a constant throughout history and across cultures. At least, in this post, we are going to present a non-lethal one… the gay bomb. The Sunshine Project (an international non-governmental organization that investigates and denounces the
The unpopular president continues. Among the successive presidents of the United States, the unpopular presidents are concentrated in the presidents from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt for about 100 years. At this time, America was developing rapidly. However, from an international point o
Tonight, a long excerpt from Antoine Coppolanis excellent biography, Richard Nixon , published by Éditions Fayard in October. I had already reviewed a good book on Nixon, by Romain Huret (https://brumes.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/de-quoi-nixon-est-il-le-nom/). Coppolanis massive work (a biography that
According to a census conducted in 1830, the population of the United States exceeded 12 million. In 1790, there were 4 million people, so it will be tripled in about 40 years. It was Andrew Jackson who became president at a time when such population and territory were growing. Heroes of the War