El Borak

El Borak is an historian by training, an IT Director by vocation, and a writer when the mood strikes him. He lives in rural Kansas with his wife of thirty years, where he works to fix the little things.

July 12, 2018

Bunch of Little Rotters

Over the years my tomato patch has produced respectable results.  But one of the problems I consistently encountered was called Blossom End Rot.  It happened first some ten years ago and grew
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February 19, 2018

What Did We Think Was Going To Happen?

Everyone, it seems, has a magic bullet that’s going to end school shootings. It’s part of our culture. The left wants one simple law passed and the right another repealed. Everyone on Twitter is a policy expert, Facebook is filled
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Burn Down The "Modern" World

January 25, 2020
For into a freak show a child is born: Proud dad Reuben Sharpe today tells how HE gave birth to a miracle baby in Britain’s most modern family. The 39-year-old transitioned to
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Dad Of The Year

January 23, 2020
Behold, fathers: this is what God put you here to do: A coyote attacked a pair of dogs, bit a woman and skirmished with a vehicle before being killed by a father
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Let Them Rage

January 22, 2020
The Democrats are mad again: Chuck Schumer launched an assault on Mitch McConnell’s plans for how to hold Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Monday night, calling them a ‘cover-up’ designed to hide evidence
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Men make the best women

January 18, 2020
Need to excel in women’s sports? Find a man to do the job: Two years ago, Jonathan Eastwood “dominated” the men’s competition. In 2019, he’s dominating something else: the women’s field. Jonathan,
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The Meaning Is Not There

January 8, 2020
A cynical political strategy misses the biggest point of all: Getting rid of Trump means taking seriously “shit-life syndrome”—and its resulting misery, which includes suicide, drug overdose death, and trauma for surviving
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Yesterday’s Fake News And Today’s

January 7, 2020
To maintain a proper perspective on today’s Fake News, it’s necessary to occasionally re-read yesterday’s: From the Guardian, February 22, 2004 A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by
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When Has This Ever Been A Good Idea?

December 28, 2019
Dem Hopeful Amy Klobuchar has an answer to those concerned about the “Browning of America”: Transcript of the 12/19 Democrats debate (via Washington Post): MODERATOR: Senator Klobuchar, here in California, people who
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I Just Shot Your Dog

December 17, 2019
I had seen his shadow a few weeks before running the fence line, heard rumbles from the neighbors: “that Dog”, “the Rottweiler”. He’d shown up nobody was sure when and from nobody
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SHTF for Americans

December 10, 2019
If you’re thinking about riding out TEOTWAWKI in a quiet Mexican village, think again: Travel and Leisure magazine has twice named (San Miguel, Mexico) the best city in the world, a ratification
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