Inaugural question post!

OUR PANEL is now ready to entertain suggestions for explication. You may leave your history-queries in reply to this post; the post will be closed on NOON OF SATURDAY THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER.

Signed,
The Management

Frequently Asked, Yet Non-Historical, Questions

+ Is this thing for real?
Well, that depends on how you define real, doesn't it?

+ Who's Will Cuppy?
Will Cuppy (1884 - 1949) was an American humorist and journalist. His work is delicious, and deserves far more renown than it has. For our purposes, the most notable of his works is The Decline ( Read more... )

HOW TO ASK A QUESTIONThis is probably the most important issue, so it goes on top. Every week a post will be put up by one of the mods wherein non-resident experts may ask whatever questions they have for the week, via that handy little link labelled "Ask An Academic" if you're on the main community page, "Post A New Comment" if you're on the ( Read more... )