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While one reads often of the exploits of harness racing wonder Mack Lobell, 3, 1:52.1 ($3,917,594), it’s not often that aficionados of the sport reflect upon the lasting impact of his sire, Mystic Park 3, 1:57 ($480,907). The son of Noble Gesture-Mystic Sign-Speedster, while best remembered as the horse who sired “Mighty Mack,” was himself,
Yassamine Mather looks at the connection between various religious festivals
In Ukraine, because of the official switch this year from Old to New Calendar, St. Nicholas Day is celebrated on Dec. 6 instead of Dec. 19. And Christmas will fall on Dec. 25 rather than Jan. 7.
1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think is a book that I picked up and bought without browsing through it or looking for a review. It is a guide to the most impressive thoughts in history. The first idea in the book is Human Control of Fire.
The Big Score sounds like a title from the golden age of sleazy paperbacks, or maybe a high-octane, low-budget action flick. In fact, it was both, and I suspect K.J. Parker either knew this or didn’t care in choosing it for the latest novella set in his hilariously corrupt version of Renaissance Europe, which has shown a remarkable consistency over the years, with its endless cast of scurrilous alchemists, rogues, scoundrels, liars, cowards, and double-crossers. We’ve grown familiar with the Studium, a university packed with self-important professors, with the religion of the Invincib...