Welcome to the Toeg Effect. This is your host, Toeg. Today we discuss the history of what many call, “Black Gold.” Today, we look at OIL AND HOW IT BECAME SO IMPORTANT Clearly, before the advent of the automobile and the development of plastics, oil was only one of a…
SANTO SABA PILIANG HISTORICAL REVISIONISM History need not be so sacred that it cannot ever be revised. History is a continuous dialogue between past findings and new revelations There is no such thing as the Eternal Single Truth that is never subject to revision. Indeed, if it’s wrong we have the right,…
by Taistealai Sarasota has not been a bull’s-eye for a major hurricane since reliable records began in 1871. There are several theories out there to explain this phenomenon. Long time resident Jim Lawson suggests that the reason Sarasota lucks out is its proximity to Pass-A-Grille and St. Pete Beach. The old reincarnated…
By Taistealaí Poor Geneva has been through a lot over the past decade. I would prefer the Geneva of old to the Geneva of today a thousand times over. It seems so much more crowded with people who seem out of place, out of line and out of culture. The beggars have…
- by Agnostic It has been an interesting day...so far. The neighbor’s kid came running home at around 9.30 AM this morning and told me that his grandmother wanted to see me. Being the friendly neighborhood agnostic, I tagged along and went to see his granny. She was a tiny but sprightly…
Ollie Bye combines music and history to show the constant changes of Europe in the common era.
Without international diplomacy, the Middle East is going to run out of water — and it won’t be alone.It is written that “Enannatum, ruler of Lagash,” slew “60 soldiers” from Umma. The battle between the two ancient city states took place 4,500 years ago near where the great Tigris and Euphrates rivers…
The Beauty of the Basques The Basques are among the oldest known groups of Europeans and their history can be traced back through nearly all other regions of influence. Their language and culture has prevailed throughout the centuries and have survived the test of time and even censure as recently as the…