Some of you might find this interesting:
History News Network | The Nonsense Myth About Grant and Lee.
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History News Network | It’s worse than Scott Walker and Ted Cruz: Secrets of conservatives’ decades-long war on truth
The historian Heather Cox Richardson argues that Scott Walker’s attempt to have the words “Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth” removed from the University of Wisconsin’s mission statement was “deliberate,” despite the fact that Walker claimed that it was only a “drafting error.” See her entire argument here:
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History News Network | This Is What Right-to-Work Means
Too few of us know enough about this benign sounding policy: “the right to work.” As with most euphemisms, this phrase obscures more than it illuminates. Therefore, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer’s brief summary of the history of this policy is instructive. She ponders: “That guarantee certainly sounds benign, if not all-American. Who could be against the right to work, especially in a prolonged recession?” Read the entire article here:
History News Network | This Is What Right-to-Work Means.
Three Lessons from the French Revolution European Policymakers Should Keep in Mind | History News Network
We don’t usually think about learning economic lessons from the French Revolution, but Rebecca L. Spang offers some interesting lessons from this unlikely source. As she explains: “The moment has come to diversify our analogy portfolio.” For her lessons go here:
History News Network | Sex object, germ killer, battleground – the wonderful history of the beard
Some of you might find this interesting:
History News Network | Sex object, germ killer, battleground – the wonderful history of the beard.
History News Network | “So Help Me God” and the Presidential Oath
In an article at the History News Network David B. Parker debunks the “so help me God” myth. He notes that it was created “[t]o shore up our Godly credentials.” And this is only one of the Cold War inventions to shore up our religious bona fides in our battle with the godless Soviet Union. “It joined “one nation, under God” and “In God we trust” to create a trinity of Cold War religious phrases. And like several other legacies of our Cold War heritage, this one has stuck with us.”
History News Network | “So Help Me God” and the Presidential Oath.
History News Network | Here’s Proof Hollywood’s Idea of Archery Is Bunk (Video)
This is very interesting! Watch the video here:
History News Network | Here’s Proof Hollywood’s Idea of Archery Is Bunk (Video).
History News Network | What We Can Learn from Innovators
For those of you who are interested in innovation:
History News Network | What We Can Learn from Innovators.
History News Network | Terror in Paris – An Analysis
The historian Lawrence Davidson offers a reasonable solution to the cycle of violence we are currently stuck in, but I’m afraid that he’s also correct that “there may be a perverse correlation between how much blood is shed and our eventual moment of self-examination.” If history is any guide there will be a lot more blood shed before begin to seriously self-reflect and commit to the hard choices that will end the vicious cycle.
History News Network | Terror in Paris – An Analysis.
History News Network | The Censoring of History and Politics Takes Us Back to the Dark Ages
I agree with the historian Bruce Chadwick’s plea against the censoring of movies and other art forms because of their portrayals of history are objectionable, but I wouldn’t call it “the censoring of history.” These works of art were not meant to be accurate portrayals of history but creative interpretations of historical events meant to entertain or provoke. And how this “takes us back to the Dark Ages” is unclear. Nevertheless, Chadwick makes a good case against censorship of all forms of art. Read his entire article at:
History News Network | The Censoring of History and Politics Takes Us Back to the Dark Ages.
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