Historians love to start chapters with anecdotes. Find something small, humorous, maybe even seemingly insignificant, and then use it as a metaphor for some larger theme or trend for the... [More]
July 1, 2007
July 19, 2007
Slow Motion Living and the Study of History
Over at the Atlantic, there's an interesting interview with Cullen Murphy, the author of Are We Rome?, about the past, present, and future of America. I haven't read the book,... [More]
July 30, 2007
WaPo: "U.S. vs. Iran: Cold War, Too"
I'm really beginning to seriously believe that this country suffers from a permanent state of amnesia. A few days back, The Washington Post's Robin Wright declared that our relationship with... [More]
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