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Category Archives: History
A remarkable historian comments on the present
Heather Cox Richardson is a Professor at Boston College who teaches nineteenth-century American history at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. Her PhD is from Harvard where she studied under David Herbert Donald and William Gienapp. Her early work … Continue reading
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A historic speech and a challenge to a duel
A history lesson from Heather Cox Richardson
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That wake up call!
Thanks to Pam P. Remembering the ‘Knocker-Ups’ Hired to Wake Workers With Pea Shooters THE MODERN WORKER ROLLS OUT of bed, groans, and turns off an alarm clock. But industrial-era British and Irish workers relied on a different method for rising … Continue reading
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Scrolling research with a 300 year old table
Thanks to Mary M.
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The future of Social Security – in perspective
by Heather Cox Richardson
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Amazing old photos
Thanks to Rosemary W. Ed note: It is doesn’t “load,” try to open in a new tab
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Making ‘scents’ of how Seattle smelled a century ago
Thanks to Mary M. BY FELIKS BANELReporting live from Seattle’s past With the arrival of 90+ degree heat this week, downtown Seattle is getting that summer-in-the-city smell once again – part seaweed, part exhaust, with maybe a pinch of rotting garbage … Continue reading
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Explore The Atlantic
Thanks to Mary M. SUPPORTING SPONSOR For the first time, subscribers can read every story published in The Atlantic from 1857 to today. Below is a note from our editor in chief about preserving the … Continue reading
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An inventor promised flights from San Francisco to New York. He created an air disaster instead.
Thanks to Bob P. Katie Dowd, SFGATE July 10, 2022 Updated: July 10, 2022 6:59 a.m. J.A. Morrell felt very good about his sausage-shaped airship. In February 1908, the inventor boasted it could “take a businessman to New York from San Francisco … Continue reading
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The rise of reactionaries in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic
Emergent movements, including a resurgence of the KKK, led to more anti-immigration policy, eugenics laws, religious fundamentalism and conservative leadership. by Knute Berger (thanks to Pam P for sending) Three unidentified Washington Klan members, covered in robes and hoods, are interviewed … Continue reading
If Clarence Thomas were consistent, he’d oppose Loving v. Virginia
Thanks to Pam P. Ed note: My wife and I were married in Pennsylvania in 1964. This would have been illegal in Virginia at that time. The Loving v. Virginia case of went to the Supreme Court in 1967, giving … Continue reading
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The new Alito-Cavanaugh-Barrett Line
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A quiet hero
Thanks to Pam P. From Wiki: Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (born Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue children who were at risk of oppression by Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to Britain at … Continue reading
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Amazing remembrances in pictures
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
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The Good Old Days
Thanks to Sybil-Ann (and fact checking by Ed M’s son and others–see below) The year is 1922, One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for Year 1922. The average life expectancy for men … Continue reading
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This Memorial Day, remember the young lives cut short
Opinion from the Washington Post A prominent journalist of the World War II era complained once about the frequent use of the word “boys” when speaking of U.S. troops in the field. After what they’d been through, he said, they … Continue reading
The pen and the sword
Thanks to Gordon G.
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Is it more than fun and frolic?
From the Economic Times. For many years, Memorial Day was observed to honor those who had fought and died in the Civil War — but on separate days in the Union States of the North and the Confederate States of … Continue reading
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Marilyn Monroe v. Samuel Alito
Ed note: Two residents sent me this article by the acerbic Maureen Dowd from the NYT. You may or may not agree, but she writes well and makes some interesting points. Click here to read her op-ed piece.
Francis Fukuyama Predicted the End of History. It’s Back (Again). At Town Hall tomorrow 5/11.
Thanks to Mike C. In a new book, the political theorist offers a stout defense of liberalism against threats from left and right — and predicts that Ukraine will revive “the spirit of 1989.” Click here to read the article … Continue reading
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On totem journey, Lummi carvers call for Lower Snake dam removal — KNKX Public Radio | By Bellamy Pailthorp
Thanks to Ed M. The main totem from the “Spirit of the Waters” totem journey depicts a 16-foot killer whale, carrying a baby on her snout. It is inspired by the true story of Talequah, an endangered southern resident orca … Continue reading
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Tchaikovsky’s house destroyed by Russian army in north-east Ukraine
Thanks to Ann M. so alerting us. So sad. Click here for the story.
The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything
From Skyline resident Basil F. “Living in our community many people are asking me about my opinion about the present situation in Ukraine. I have some difficulty to explain my take about the war, all I remember the most is … Continue reading
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Interview with President Biden by Heather Cox Richardson
Ed. note: Please click on the link at the bottom of this post to watch this unique interview with President Biden and historian Professor Heather Cox Richardson. Every day, people write to me and say they feel helpless to change … Continue reading