Jun 22 2009
The end of the Cold War brought great benefits to the security of the world in the form of arms limitation agreements that led to the reduction in the number of warheads maintained by the nuclear powers. But the benefits brought a corresponding problem. The United States stood to lose a generation of nuclear weapons [...]
Jun 14 2009
Starting in the the High Middle Ages,dating from about 1084, into the 17 th Century the City State of Venice became wealthy and powerful by controlling the trade between Europe and the Levant , the Adriatic and beyond. For a thousand years the Most Serene Republic was ruled by the Doge, or the Duke, chosen [...]
Jun 13 2009
I graduated from the University of California at Davis with a degree in history in 1966, now over forty years ago. I spent two years at the School of General Studies at Columbia University during my five year trek to the bachelors degree in liberal arts. I recently had the occasion to look over my [...]
Jun 07 2009
When John Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in January 1848,he started the initial “rush” to exploit California’s natural resources. The California Division of Mines and Geology estimates that as a consequence of the mining initiated by Marshall’s discovery miners of all types produced over 125 million troy ounces of gold with a present value [...]