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...
February 13, 2024

"Freedom's Dominion:A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power" by Jefferson Cowie

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  My Review John Pepper 31 reviews 5 followers February 13, 2024 I can't overstate my admiration for this outstanding history. It illumi...