Category Archives: History
The Language We Never Would Have Known
Have you ever wondered what English would sound like if it had not been so influenced by other languages such as Latin, Gaelic, Norse, French, etc.? Neither have we. But some people have indeed thought long and hard about it and have created The Anglish Moot, a website dedicated to “English without words borrowed from [...]
A Lesson for Europeans who Want to Form a Union
What many Americans today take for granted was actually one of the most precarious situations to occur in the history not only of their government, but of democratic countries in general. In November, 1777, the Continental Congress of the recently-declared independent United States sent its articles of confederation to each state for ratification. Having declared [...]
Laissez Faire in Languages?
A recent article in the Economist highlights an interesting topic. Is it better to protect one’s language, as France and Germany are doing, or to have more of a laissez-faire attitude, as is done with English? English is more widespread than the other two languages, but that does not necessarily mean causation. After all, it [...]
Terrorists are Vulgar
The Atlantic recently asked that we refer to terrorists as nitwits. They illustrate what a hapless group of incompetent, ignorant, three-stooges like people these terrorists are, as well as how there is nothing religious about most of them and how they have even been caught getting intimate with cows and donkeys. We are happy to [...]
The Jury Theorem
Marquis de Condorcet devised what we now know as the Jury Theorem in 1785: Dealing more with political science, the Jury Theorem states that with a majority vote, each person has the probability ‘p’ of making the correct decision. If the probability that each person makes the correct decision is over 50%, then the probability [...]
