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Posts published by “Zack Anderson”

Slavery and the Romans

Tools of the Trade by Peter Stothard Around two thousand years ago, a Latin poet described a farmer named Simylus making a pesto for his breakfast with fresh garlic, coriander, olive oil, cheese, and the…

The Red Peony

In Greek mythology the peony is tied to a nymph named Paeonia. The beautiful maiden attracts the attention of Apollo, who flirts with her. Noticing that Aphrodite is watching, the suddenly bashful Paeonia turns bright…

E.B. White: “Death of a Pig”

“I just wanted to keep on raising a pig, full meal after full meal, spring into summer into fall.”https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1948/01/death-pig/309203/

Los Angeles, 1883

With the beginning of the prosperity of the City of the Angels came the end of its primeval peace. Spanish viceroys, Mexican alcaldes and governors, United States commanders, naval and military, followed on each other’s…

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