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The Boyhood Home of James Earl Carter.

10-Mar-09

http://gowstakeout.com/2011/10/08/hrd-cafe/?share=twitter “My life on the farm during the Great Depression more nearly resembled farm life fully two thousand years ago than farm life today.” – Jimmy Carter We know that social change occurs glacially, and that the victories discussed in textbooks represent rallying-points rather than real social conversions. American schools were “desegregated” in 1955, and yet […]

The size of Georgia.

31-Jan-09

Canosa di Puglia       I noted in an earlier post that Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi – I had heard that who knows when, on one of my trips around the country – but the more I thought about it, the less likely it seemed, so I had to check it again.  Larger than […]