Sunday, February 26, 2017

A review of Ken Burns’ “Jazz” (PBS series)

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"Jazz is the assassination, the murdering, the slaying of syncopation. I would even go so far as to confess that we are musical anarc...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Japanese American soldiers in World War II

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"Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Na...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

25 more things about me

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Focusing on things that I've not talked about - at least, not as extensively - in my previous "25 things about me" post
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

A review of PBS's “The Gold Rush”

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The California Gold Rush is one of those events that tends to have been heard of by the public, but is often overlooked by popular histori...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

A review of Andrew Marr’s “Modern Britain” series (1901-2007)

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I should preface this review with an up-front disclaimer, which is that I am not a citizen of  Britain . I am an American citizen who has ...
Monday, January 9, 2017

The most controversial part of the original Constitution was … a LIST

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"The essence of Government is power; and power lodged as it must be, in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse ." - James M...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

So what exactly are the “midterm elections,” anyway?

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"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of  two Senators from each State , chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six year...