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WAR ORIGINS: WWII ON TWITTER

June 14, 2022 by

War origins bring out the experts on Twitter. With warnings on what to pay attention to, what to ignore. It wasn’t a bad take, just wrong.

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GOOD LIFE? HOW LIVING IT HONORS THE PAST

February 23, 2022 by

A good life, living a good life, is a worthy goal. Give it a try if you haven’t already. It sets an example for those still working out right from wrong. When you talk about living that life to people who ought to know right from wrong based on their age and experience, and they […]

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EVIL HISTORY IS TOO PAINFUL FOR STUDENT READING?

July 11, 2021 by

Evil history includes a list of everything you wish you’d never heard of. It’s the story of man’s injustice to his fellow man, and woman, and non-binary person. If you’ve lived long enough, you’ve heard some evil history; add a few more years and you’ve lived some of it, and the aftermath. Everyone has a […]

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HISTORY MATTERS WHEN YOU’RE NOT LOOKING

June 2, 2021 by

History matters more to history majors? We like to think so, but history matters to everyone else, too. It matters with personal history, house history, town history, business history, and the big history between nations. The key to remember is that it always starts small. And it starts with one question: What happened?

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WORLD LEADER: A SHORT HISTORY OF SUCCESS

April 13, 2020 by

Who is the top world leader in history? It doesn’t take a history degree from a drive-by college like Portland State to make the call, but it doesn’t hurt. Deciding who is the world leader favorite takes a long view of the past. Try not to throw a name on the wall and see if […]

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HISTORY BEGINNER: COMMON BASICS FROM UNCOMMON BLOGGER

October 15, 2019 by

Long stories blur into each other the more they’re told. Eventually a common thread emerges. I’m a history beginner, you’re a history beginner, we all be history beginners. If you don’t agree, then visit a new place, a place where you don’t speak the language, a place with different food, where you essentially throw yourself […]

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