The Folly of “Teaching” Empathy
Empathy, that darling of the educational establishment, has become a ghoul that haunts our schoolhouses, devouring reason and objectivity with each passing day. The notion that we must “teach” our children this nebulous concept is as misguided as it is scientifically absurd. Let us be cl
On the Need to Turn Out High School Lawyers
For too long, public schools have been peddling pablum while neglecting the true essentials of a citizen’s education. It’s high time we revolutionize our curriculum to arm our youth with the weapons of knowledge they’ll need to navigate the treacherous waters of our legal system. L
Education system as a conveyor belt to exploited labor and a Rube Goldberg machine of mediocrity (in the spirit of Justice Perplexity Scalia)
Let us not mince words about the TRAVESTY masquerading as our education system. It’s not a pipeline to prosperity; it’s a CONVEYOR BELT to exploited labor! We’ve created a Rube Goldberg machine of mediocrity that would make the Founders weep tears of bitter disappointment. Our scho
before the medical police
Before the concept of “medical police” emerged in 18th-century Germany, public health measures in Europe were a patchwork of practices rooted in religion, superstition, rudimentary science, and localized governance. These efforts were reactive, fragmented, and often tied to immediate cri
Female husbands
A female husband is a person born as a woman, living as a man, who marries a woman. The term was known historically from the 17th Century and was popularised by Henry Fielding who titled his 1746 fictionalised account of the trial of Mary Hamilton The Female Husband. Prosecutions involving wom
Hugo Schwyzer aka ‘Porn Professor’
Hugo Benedict Schwyzer (born 1967) is an American author, speaker and former instructor of history and gender studies. Family background Hugo Schwyzer was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Hubert (1935â2006) and Alison Schwyzer, both of whom were professors of philosophy: Hubert taught at t
The Silent Sentinels aka the Sentinels of Liberty
The Silent Sentinels, also known as the Sentinels of Liberty, were a group of over 2,000 women in favor of women’s suffrage organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party, who protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson‘s presidency starting on Ja
Anne Henrietta Martin (1875 â 1951) was the first woman to run for the United States Senate
Anne Henrietta Martin (September 30, 1875 â April 15, 1951) (pseudonym, Anne O’Hara; nickname, Little Governor Anne) was a suffragist, pacifist, and author from the state of Nevada. Her main achievement was taking charge of the state legislation that gave women of Nevada the right to
Jeannette Pickering Rankin (1880 â 1973) wanted to be remembered as the only woman who ever voted to give women the right to vote
Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 â May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women’s rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States in 1917. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916
Bethel School District v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986)
Bethel School District v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court upheld the suspension of a high school student who delivered a sexually suggestive speech at a school assembly. The case involved
Goa stone
A Goa stone or Lapis de Goa was a man-made bezoar that was considered to have medicinal and talismanic properties. Goa stones were made in Goa, India and exported to apothecaries in Europe from the mid-16th to 18th century. Goa stones were manufactured by Jesuits in the late seventeent
Bezoardicum (bezoar of) is a term used in alchemy and other practices
Bezoardicum (bezoar of) is a term applied to multiple substances used in alchemy and other practices. Bezoardicum joviale, or bezoar of Jupiter, is a regulus made by melting three ounces of regulus of antimony and two of block tin. This is then powde
Bezoar
A bezoar is a mass often found trapped in the gastrointestinal system, though it can occur in other locations. A pseudobezoar is an indigestible object introduced intentionally into the digestive system. There are several varieties of bezoar, some of which have inorganic constituents and ot
A selection of apothecary jars.
Description A selection of apothecary jars. Four glass cylindrical drug jars with a parchment cover, labelled “Vitriol Alb.” (zinc sulphate), “OCUL CANCR” (Crab’s eyes – stones found in stomach of cray-fish as animal is about to change in its shell),”Sang Dr
Zeuterin, it rhymes with neuterin
Zeuterin (zƫ-tur-in) is the trade name of an injectable product containing zinc gluconate and the amino acid arginine, which is used for sterilizing young male dogs without the removal of the testicles. The product is injected directly into the testicle, where the zinc gluconate destroys the
“Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal”
The Ivy League nude posture photos were taken in the 1940s through the 1970s of all incoming freshmen at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn (which are members of the Ivy League) and Seven Sisters colleges (as well as Swarthmore), ostensibly to gaug