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Notes on Truth
George Washington and the cherry tree One time when I was four or five and caught in a lie, my parents admonished me with the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. I do not know if they...
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JUNE 17, 1972- 5IVE MEN ARRESTED FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING DEMOCRATIC...
As they say, those who forget the past… slicethelife On this day in 1972 what turned into a two year and two month long ‘national nightmare’ began when five men were arrested for breaking and entering...
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Happy Fourth of July
The Star Spangled Banner, Currier and Ives, undated. In a recent NPR/PBS/Marist poll, only 77% of Americans correctly identified Great Britain as the country we declared independence from on July 4....
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The Summer of Love, Repression, and Stuff.
USA. Washington DC. Seventeen year old Jan Rose Kasmir, confronts the National Guard outside the Pentagon during the 1967 anti-Vietnam march. This march helped to turn public opinion against the war in...
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They Shall Not Grow Old – a movie review
These men were filmed as they sheltered in a road cut , waiting for the order to advance at the Somme. According to Peter Jackson, most of them died in the next 30 minutes. Since its release last...
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Cycles, Gyres, and Yugas, Part 2 – Why Do We Fight?
There is only the fight to recover what has been lost And found and lost again and again; and now, under conditions That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss. For us, there is only the...
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1917: A Movie Review
Today I finally saw 1917. All the accolades for director Sam Mendes’ film about World War I, are deserved. Those who follow this blog know that the history of this tragedy continues to haunt and...
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Anti-vaxxers, mask-slackers, and maybe pessimism is good for you.
Dr. Serizawa in Gojira, 1954 When I was a kid, scientists were a big deal, almost as important in the movies I watched as cowboys. At the Saturday matinees, we learned that when you’re under attack by...
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