The Eclectacy Laboratory

This is a landscape painting by the Dutch master Rembrandt. The painting's main subject is a sturdy stone bridge crossing a body of water in a rural setting. It is not a detailed, realistic depiction but rather an emotional landscape. The palette is dominated by deep, dark tones—rich browns, ochr...

Murica 2.0 Dan Carpenter Creative non fiction Even though it seems to be a global path in the late 19th and early 20th century, America took a strikingly early lead in translating eugenic ideas into actual policy.
While Sir Francis Galton in Britain coined the term "eugenics" in 1883, and the concept certainly spread internationally, the U.S.
was a pioneer in enacting eugenic legislation.
This push began even before the 1920s; for example, Connecticut passed a eugenic marriage law restricting...

There's a palace in Florence, the world knows well, And a statue watches it from the square, And this story of both do our townsmen tell. Ages ago, a lady there, At the farthest window facing the East, Asked, 'Who rides by with the royal air?' The bridesmaids' prattle around her ceased; She leaned forth, one on either hand; They saw how the blush of the bride increased They felt by its beats her heart expand As one at each ear and both in a breath Whispered, 'The Great-Duke Ferdinand.' That s...