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Larry K. Brown writes stories about the Old West and Wyoming By Becky Orr Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE – Larry K. Brown is about as close as you can get to a time traveler. And while he doesn’t live in the past, Brown spends a lot of time there. During his visits, he has met some fascinating people. Brown is an author and historian who writes about Wyoming and the Old West. His exhaustive research has introduced him to the likes of Cheyenne suffragette and historian Grace Hebard, author Owen Wister, justice of the peace Esther Hobart Morris...

Introduction - Investigations of Bolivia Fuente Magna and the Monolith of Pokotia The following material is reprinted by permission from Bernardo Biadós Yacovazzo & Freddy Arce, OIIB - Omega Institute Investigations (Bolivia), INTI - NonGovernmental Organizacion (Bolivia). A large stone vessel, resembling a libation bowl, and now known as the Fuente Magna, was originally discovered in a rather casual fashion by a country peasant from the ex-hacienda CHUA, property of the Manjon family situated in the surrounding areas of Lake Titicaca about 75/80 km from the city of La Paz. The site where it was found has not been...

Researchers to Seek Origin of Ancient Chinese Civilization 2001.03.29 22:15:00 BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhuanet) -- A grand archaeological project will be launched in China in the coming five years, aiming to seek the origin of ancient Chinese civilization, the world's only ancient civilization that has been developing for 5,000 years without interruption. Researchers will try to find answers to such questions as whether Huangdi and Yandi, two legendary ancestors of the Chinese nation, really existed in history, and whether there were any Chinese characters even older than the inscriptions on animal bones and tortoise shells discovered in the famous...

Tired of hashing and rehashing the current Church scandal? Sick to death of watching our wishy-washy bishops haggle over how not to address the real issue? Well, let's focus on something positive for a bit -- the first ever... Catholic Writer's Festival When: September 13-15, 2002 Where: Franciscan University of Steubenville, Stuebenville, Ohio Many of you know that FUS is a Catholic university that actually attempts to teach Catholic doctrine! I've included below a list of the presenters at this conference. Many of them should be familiar names to those of you who frequently watch or listen to EWTN: Scott...

Authors gather to explore artistic response to terrorism By JAIME SHERMANThe Register-Guard   Recommend this story to others.   As an American, author Annick Smith tends to think of political solutions for ending terrorism. But as a writer, she feels compelled to decide how to respond through literature and art. "After 9-11, a lot of people were writing, `Respond, respond,' " Smith told nearly 500 people who gathered Sunday at the University of Oregon. She and six other noted naturalist authors sought to do just that, concluding a three-day colloquium on "Literary and Artistic Responses to Terrorism" with a reading...