Paul of Taranto to recreate the same metal that he started with, he obviously did not break the metal down into the pure elements, but instead into some intermediate phases. Paul of Taranto Paul of Taranto was a 13th-century Franciscan alchemist and author from southern Italy. (Taranto is a city in Apulia.) Perhaps the best known of his works is his "Theorica et practica", which defends alchemical principles by describing the theoretical and practical reasoning behind it. There is also evidence to suggest, however, that Paul is also the author of the much more widely known alchemical text "Summa perfectionis magisterii", generally attributed
James Taranto of "Two Papers in One!"), "The Huffington Post" (always intentionally spoonerized as "The Puffington Host"), "Media Matters for America" (called "Media Mutters"), "WorldNetDaily" ("World Nut Daily"), Reuters and the Associated Press. Taranto commented occasionally on topics of special interest to him such as the Roe effect. He has also coined "The Taranto Principle", which asserts that liberal media bias leads to less thorough vetting of liberal politicians, which can be a disadvantage in general elections, as demonstrated so vividly in 2016. On July 25, 2012, Taranto sparked outrage online by posting the following comment to his Twitter account, in reference