May 3, 2024
A Missed Opportunity That Will Go Down in the Annals of History--The Failure to Impeach Donald Trump
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I wrote the letter below last week to one of the senators (unnamed) who failed to move to find Donald Trump guilty for his multiple action...
April 7, 2024
We Have to Walk Away from Mortal Threat to Our Democracy---Looking Back Eight Years
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I rarely repost a blog. I make an exception here because of the mortal threat to our Democracy which Donald Trump represents. "WE HA...
March 19, 2024
The Challege of Balancing Liberal Ideals and Pragmatic Means
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Hal Brands, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, has written a thought provoking essay, titled The...
March 15, 2024
What the Partition of India and Pakistan of Almost 80 Years Ago May Teach About Healing the Wounds of Israel and Pakistan
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I finished reading the bloodcurdling, mesmerizing, The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Khan. I find...
March 14, 2024
"Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes"--Personal Reflections
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Yale Professor Steven B. Smith’s book, Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes , was heavy going in the beginning. There was for me ...
March 12, 2024
Reflections from a Master Historian--C. Vann Woodward
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I completed my reading of C. Vann Woodward’s marvelous book, Thinking Back: The Perils of Writing History . I’ve long been an admir...
March 3, 2024
"There's Nothing New Under the Sun"...But There Can Be and Must Be
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"There's nothing new under the sun:. It's a familiar bromide. It captures enormous truth, of course. I am reminded of this aga...
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