Greetings, Otterites! Robert here with yet another in my musings about philosophy. I want to do some more thinking and talking about John Locke. My…
Category: History
Posts and episodes about history, historical figures, historical events and why they matter.
Francis Friday – Celebrate the Bard with Olivier’s Masterpiece, 1955’s Richard III
Hello folks! Francis here again. On this date in 1616, the greatest playwright in the English language passed away. Yup, William Shakespeare. If you get…
Francis Friday – Now He Belongs To The Ages – Prince Philip, 1921-2021
Francis here and it is with a sad and heavy heart that I write that as of this date, Prince Philip, the Iron Duke, has…
Francis Friday – The One Lincoln Book You Should Read
Howdy folks! Francis here again for another Francis Friday. As you can probably tell, we’re all still on a high from our trip to Springfield,…
Martin Monday and Road Trip to See Abe
Hello Listeners/Readers! Indeed, as Francis has promised, time for a Martin recap of the epic Abe Road Trip. It was quite a day, as I…
Francis Friday – Great Emancipator Road Trip
Howdy folks! Francis here again to let everyone know that as this posts, me and the boys are actually on the road! Yep, the three…
Hamburgers, the Cornerstone of Any Nutritious Breakfast
Welcome to Martin Monday. By now you should know that Martin Monday posts are an unplanned stream of consciousness that I come up with at…
Francis Friday – All Hail the King!
Francis here again. This website is often the place where each of us Snakes and Otters guys can either talk about something that we like…
Francis Friday – Kenneth Branagh’s 1989 Henry V
Howdy folks. Francis here again for another Francis Friday! I’m going full-on Monty Python this time with “new subject, completely new subject!” as it were.…
Francis Friday – Even More Orwell
Francis here. Yup, its Friday again. And yeah, the guys have been on a roll with all the Orwell stuff. I know how to take…