Remembering Lepanto

According to the good folks at the Crunchy Con site, today is the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto, the great naval battle that settled once and for all -- at least for a few centuries -- the fate of Western Europe. (Ironically, it's most remembered today for being the battle in which Miguel Cervantes -- author of Don Quixote -- fought.)

Be sure to thank a Spaniard today. Or an Austrian. Or any member of an European Navy. After all, had things gone differently, this blog entry might have been written in Turkish.