Blog Heap of Links for the day 5 March 2018

…On this day in 1770 the infamous Boston Massacre occurred. Five Americans were fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later. Contrary to popular myth, the colonists actually provoked that attack by crown troops.

…Start of another week and I'm going to jump around a bit since a lot of the heat generated by the Parkland high school mass murder and gun control debate has ratcheted down a notch or so since Friday and other things seem to be bubbling under.…