Extraterritoriality

September is upon us. It means going back to school and the autumnal equinox.  The days get shorter in the north and longer in the south.The name September means sevenths, even though it is now the 9...

1 Sep 202517min

In the first century, Rome underwent a major political transition when the Emperor Nero died after being declared an enemy of Rome by the senate.  With his death, the Julio-Claudian dynasty came to a...

31 Aug 202513min

Between 1706 and 1718, a group of pirates established a haven in the Bahamas.  Using a code and system of rules that they developed themselves, the pirates created their own forms of self-governance ...

30 Aug 202513min

In 1972, the Olympics returned to Germany for the first time since being hosted in Berlin in 1936. The Games were intended to present a new image of West Germany, one that would reject the image port...

29 Aug 202515min

In the 1980s, an Englishman by the name of Maurice Ward developed a  material which he claimed could withstand temperatures of thousands of degrees Celsius. Not only could the material withstand high ...

28 Aug 202514min

Starting in the late 1970s and lasting for seventeen years, a series of bombings terrorized the American public.  Primarily targeting technology companies and universities, these attacks befuddled la...

27 Aug 202516min

In 1968, the colony of Spanish Guinea was granted independence and became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.  In its first open election, which turned out to be its last, it elected as president Fran...

26 Aug 202515min

In the year 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, and his adopted son Nero became the Emperor of Rome at the age of 16.  His reign was one of the most infamous in history, and over 2000 years after he...

25 Aug 202514min