I’ve always had an interest in the history of history. For one, that historians are even remotely interested in the lives of ordinary people is a …
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American Exceptionalism #44, No Greater Love
(H/T to Pike Hightower, who provided this.) JFK’S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when DeGaulle decided to pull out …
American Exceptionalism #17: The American How-To Book
I’ll get to #’s 1 thru 16 later. We’ve talked about them before. Note the book cover, which I only ran across a week or …
As the last Vet Passes, They know they’ll all Meet Again
We’ll Meet Again
Why did John Wilkes Booth call Abraham Lincoln a “Tyrant”?
When John Wilkes Booth put a bullet in Abraham Lincoln’s head at Ford’s Theatre on April 14th.1865, he jumped over the balcony rail onto the stage, broke …
The United States are…. The United States is….
I was recently told that before the Civil War Americans spoke of the United States in the plural, “the United States are”, then after the …
Leave the Bottle Filled for Others- Desert Pete
“Thank you kindly, Desert Pete” Billy Edd Wheeler was the O. Henry of folk music in the 60’s. I don’t recall him writing a single …
Old Lawyers Shouldn’t Die, They Should Just Fade Away
(Photo, Doug Miller, New York Times) I believe that Robert Mueller has always believed that Donald Trump was capable of any crime, if he thought he could …
Memorial Day Tribute the Shoulders We Stand On
I’ve published an annual Memorial Day tribute to our fallen for several years. I think even military brass just doesn’t capture the solemnity of what Memorial …
Christianity and the Changing Face of Islam since 9/11
I published a short reminder in 2001 about the generational differences between the people who had to confront the killers of 9/11 and those who …
