Random Learnings #65
Reading the otherwise underwhelming The Freemasons: The True Story of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society by Jasper Ridley, the author uses the folk tale Cinderella when discussing the French…
Random Learnings #24
I'm currently reading War and Peace in Soviet Diplomacy by T. A. (Timothy Andrew) Taracouzio, which discusses the Soviet Union's diplomatic efforts to survive from its founding in 1917 through…
Random Learnings #22
I ran into the word affray while reading the Encyclopedia Brittanica, Thirteen Edition, had never heard of the term and had no idea what it meant.... archaic: FRAY, BRAWL chiefly…