Tag: Barbara Tuchman
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Queen Elizabeth Was A Remarkable Woman But What Makes Blood “Royal”?
Mine is a mixed marriage. My wife’s a Brit. Though she’s not a royalist – and though she values her sleep like few people I know – she got up at 3 am (we live in LA) to watch Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral live. She debated watching it after getting a good night’s sleep, but…
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Is It “World War Three” Yet? History Will Be The Final Judge
For perspective, no one referred to World War One as “World War One” until 1939 – just as World War Two was looming. There’s some interesting debate as to when the term first appears in print (I’ll go into some detail below), but the world’s news media seemed to agree with Time Magazine when they…
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What Impact Will COVID Have On Our Future? If The Black Plague Is Any Guide, The Impact Will Be HUGE
Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we still have no fixed idea of how to deal with this damned pathogen. That’s less a reflection on the science than it is on the nature of pathogens. And people. It’s hard enough fighting an actual pandemic. Having to battle misinformation, deliberate propaganda and genuine, honest confusion at…
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History Teaches: Deadly Pandemics Can Topple Whole Economic Systems — Like This Pandemic Is Toppling Ours
The right wing and our punditry are beside themselves that Americans are refusing to go back to work. Um, no — they’re not refusing “to go back to work”, they’re refusing to return to work 1) that doesn’t suit them or their skill sets, 2) doesn’t pay what the work should be paid and 3)…
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Conservatism — By Its Nature — Will Always Look Backwards First
I don’t judge conservatives because they want to conserve — as their name says. I judge them because they won’t admit WHAT they want to conserve. Considering as you can’t conserve what doesn’t exist, conservatives have zero interest in the future. That’s Progressives’ territory. That’s why I prefer the descriptor “progressive” to “liberal”. Progressive is…