Posts from February 18, 2026

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Mark Twain

The Day Huck Finn Hit America

Feb 18, 2026 By Andy Barca

On 18 February 1885, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United States — a literary event that forced the country to look squarely at race, complicity, and the conscience of a boy on a raft.

Boyaryna Morozova, a painting by V. I. Surikov. Morozova was one of the Old Believers, who was prosecuted for her faith

The Two-Fingered Heresy

Feb 18, 2026 By Andy Barca

In 1652, Russia's new Patriarch decided the liturgy was wrong. The schism that followed still hasn't healed — and it was never just about religion.