politics – Page 7

Confirmation Bias: An Illness that Plagues Us

I decided a few months ago I was not going to write about politics any longer, preferring to concentrate on my historical

08 Nov

It’s a curious thing. As decades and centuries pass by, what was once considered grand, wonderful, stupendous or any other

23 Sep

I’m not sure I’ve ever felt this kind of despair before for the nation I live in. Every time I’d see the American flag

11 Aug

I’m rather bemused by the pundits and politicians who are exercising their supposed moral high ground as they chastise Jeff

27 Jul

His face was swollen, he was bleeding from a broken nose, and both his eyes were almost shut. This doesn’t even take into

27 Jul

“Let the blood of traitors flow. That is the only way to save the country.” Those words were spoken by Jean Paul Marat during

24 Mar

At times it’s a bit chaotic in here, inside my head. Think of a room with flashing lights of every color one can think of.

10 Jan

I was perusing Facebook and some other social media sites for nothing more than some casual browsing. I’ve curtailed such

09 Jan

The recent statements of author Padma Venkatraman regarding using classic texts such as Shakespeare in the modern classroom

08 Jan

“They” tell us that history is told by the winners. That’s not altogether true as the “losers” write their histories as well,

07 Jan