The Eclectacy Laboratory

This is a work by the French artist Octave Tassaert, who was active in the 19th century. The painting is an intensely personal and visceral exploration of masochistic ecstasy. The central figure, a woman, is depicted in a state of profound and almost painful pleasure. The expression on her face i...

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...

I begin to wane in sight; Shortly I shall bid good-night: Then no gazing more about, When the tapers once are out.