Wednesday, March 29, 2017

A review of “The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization” (PBS Empires)

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"Had the Greeks, says the Abbe Milot, been as wise as they were courageous, they would have been admonished by experience of the nece...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

Reflections on learning about history of Ancient Egypt

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"Written by a team of pioneering archaeologists and acknowledged experts working at the cutting edge of Egyptology ... " - Th...
Monday, March 6, 2017

The complicated legacy of the “Three-Fifths Clause”

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"Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to...
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...