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Thinking About The Past at the Expense of the Present

Sometimes when we think of the past we look at it in a prism. We rarely see the figures or times we’re studying for what they

03 Feb

I’ve given it a lot of thought recently – living life on one’s own terms. I’m not positive I know what that means. In

29 Jan

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

09 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

I’ve stood on the outside on purpose, deciding to take some time away from writing and simply stand there as one would peruse

05 Jan

You can’t save everyone. That’s a familiar refrain heard by anyone in education or any other field of endeavor in which one

23 Dec

It’s not a difficult equation. In fact, it’s rather simple. We simply don’t remember any of it. No American citizen is alive

10 Dec

In his groundbreaking book The Gulag Archipelago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn explained not only his experiences in the Soviet

01 Dec

As I sit here and write this, November 23rd, 2020, I was struck by something. I get a morning briefing from The History

24 Nov

There was a time when the Catholic church stood supreme in Europe. To question the papacy, church dogma, or even the faith

11 Nov