Yawper

Peering into history it is easy to find things that seem ridiculous – like trepanation, the medical practice of drilling holes in the skull to “cure” migraine headaches.  Understanding that we are not exempt from history means that someday, people will look back on our world and discover mind-boggling stupidity in things we think ordinary […]

An extraordinary moment took place before the British Parliament during the 1787 impeachment hearing of Warren Hastings.  In prosecution Edmund Burke defended universal human rights while the eyes of the Queen, and all the nation watched. Edmund Burke is a founder of modern political conservatism.  A prominent Whig, Burke had previously defended the arguments of […]