And taxes and death and Shakespeare and Socrates“But I’ll tell you what!” He finally relents and drops his guise, much to my surprise“You’re all worried about Armageddon come Fool, it’s now with the insect, not yet with the gun” October 2008 Derek Wilson Posted in Poetry, Writi...
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When the Powers That Be first experimented with democracy in 399 BC, they were met with vigorous opposition from philosopherSocrates, who chose to drink poison rather than endorse it. Similarly, when the Powers That Be took over Britain, one of the first things they did was establish a parlia...
Chris Klick asks: Why is someone who murders a prominent person called an “assassin”. Where did this word “assassin” come from? Ruins of the fortress at Alamut The word “assassin” derives from a secretive murder cult in the 11th and 12th centuries called the “Hashishin”, meaning “...