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45 Of History’s Most Famous (And Amusing) Insults

December 2, 2016

One of our three sons, Geoffrey, introduced me to an especially interesting website — All That Is Interesting (ati) — at which the resources include Chris Altman’s “45 Of History’s Most Famous (And Amusing) Insults.” For example: “The trouble ain’t…

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God’s Bankers: A book review by Bob Morris

June 12, 2015

God’s Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican Gerald Posner Simon & Schuster 2015) A brilliant analysis of “the inexorable quest for power that is tied to the pursuit of money” in the Roman Catholic Church According…

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