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Have you seen Zoe McLellan?
As of January 2025 a warrant is outstanding for the arrest of Zoe McLellan in relation to charges of kidnapping, child stealing and child custody deprivation. McLellan is a public figure who has appeared in numerous popular television shows including Star Trek: Voyager, JAG, NCIS: New Orleans and Designated Survivor. Her face is familiar to …
The Ptolemys – a soap opera
Almost everyone has heard of Cleopatra and Marc Antony. They fought against Octavian for control of what would soon be the Roman Empire after the death of Julius Caesar. They lost to Octavian. Shakespeare wrote a play about it. But there is so much more to the story. Cleopatra was a descendent of Ptolemy I, …
The Tale of Thomas and Mary Reibey
Thomas was an officer on His Majesty’s ship Britannia. Mary was a horse thief. Thomas was a 19 year old junior officer when in 1794 he proposed to 17 year old Mary. Thomas was serving in the employ of the British East India Company at the time and Mary was under a seven year sentence …
That’s Amore! – The First Latin Lover
Cecil B. DeMille is often credited with shooting the first feature-length film (The Squaw Man) in Hollywood in 1914. Thanks to DeMille, D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, John Ford and other names now familiar only to cinephiles, movies (and scandals!) became a fixture in American life by the 1920s, and low-rent nickelodeons gave way to movie …
When The Bull Moose Was Let Loose
In the North Texas town of Frisco, there is a minor league baseball team named the Rough Riders as a tribute to America’s legendary fighting force during the Spanish-American War. One of the team’s mascots is a Ted E. Bear, an ursine version of Thedore Roosevelt, the colorful Colonel of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry …
Suffrage – a short history
We love it when young university educated women sign petitions to end female suffrage. The results of a good solid feminist education.
Men and the expression of power
Renowned psychologist James Hillman gives a talk about men and power at the Minnesota Men’s Conference in 1988.
