Political correctness
a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

Who Do You Think You Are?

I’ve been watching the NBC series Who Do You Think You Are? with great interest. I find the series quite interesting. I don’t care that the person whose ancestry is featured each week is a celebrity. I realize that the celebrity connections create interest and ratings and I don’t have a problem with that. I’d [...]

March 30th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: genealogy, history | One comment

Mayflower

I just finished reading Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. I found it to be a very interesting read both from a historical and a genealogical point of view. he tells a 55-year epic of the Pilgrims from the crossing of the Mayflower in 1620 through King Philip’s War in 1676. He tells the real story — [...]

September 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: genealogy, history | Leave a comment