Sponsored by Online Quran Tuition. Some of the things a family values are difficult to record on a form. They may be found in a familiar greeting, a…
Author: Dean Swift
‘Dean Swift’ is a pen name: the author has been a soldier; he has worked in sales, TV, the making of films, as a teacher of English and history and a journalist. He is married with three grown-up children. They live in Spain.
Why are Tariffs bad according to Milton Friedman?
Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century and a staunch advocate of free markets, argued against tariffs primarily because they distort economic efficiency,…
A History of Art with Mosaic Tiles
For centuries, people have adorned the walls of churches and castles with intricate and beautiful mosaic tiles. For whatever reason, they had the desire to create an excellent…
The History of Business Cards
When Johannes Gutenberg introduced printing to Europe thanks to the invention of the printing press (15th century), nobody could imagine that this new machine would bring so many…
Spine problems?
Human beings have suffered spine problems throughout the ages. Fossilized evidence of bone straightening exists and the ancient Greeks perfected this art. Therefore, spine surgery is not new,…
Cosmetic Surgery and its Place in Modern Society
People have been concerned about their appearance from the beginning of recorded history. It might sound surprising, but cosmetic surgery has been around for centuries. The tools and…
Henry M. Stanley, explorer and journalist
Henry M. Stanley, explorer and journalist One is not too sure that modern schoolchildren are taught about persons like Henry Stanley, or for that matter Dr. Livingstone, with…
Further thoughts on the SS
The Schützstaffel was a more or less elite special force created by the National Socialist Party in 1925 for the ‘special protection’ of Adolf Hitler. The name means…
Another message from Jeremy Taylor
You can read a book (at the risk of your eyesight) off your computer screen, or you can have it read to you by some famous actor; you…
A bracing brace of Bentincks
Hans Willem, Baron Bentinck was born in the middle of the seventeenth century. An aristocrat by birth, he served as a page to the Stadholder (q.v.) William. Surviving…