Tag: history
I Nominate June 12 to be International Struggle Day
June 12, 1942 – Anne Frank gets a diary for her birthday. June 12, 1963 – Medgar Evers pays the last full measure of devotion. June 12, 1964 – Nelson […]
The Logistical Failure of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Infantry wins battles. Logistics wins wars.
The Four Best Slaveowners
So, what’s my point? Tear down the statues of these men, scrape their names off every building in America, and damn their memories?
America Is Frozen in the Cold War
An aggressive petrostate attacking its neighbors does not become America’s “biggest geopolitical threat” just because it’s in Europe. That’s Cold War nostalgia.
Presidents Day 2022: The Dumbest Thing Every President Has Done, Vol. 3
Happy Presidents Day 2022. Are y’all ready for more presidential gaffes, blunders, and general stupidity?
We Used to Have Two Moons
Put your tin foil hats on. What if I were to tell you the earth had not one but two moons once upon a time over a hundred years ago?
Boomers Have a Stranglehold on America
Boomers saw America through Vietnam, political violence, stagflation, the Iran hostage crisis, the Cold War, and 9/11. It’s time to hang up the jersey.
MLK Is Not Your Magical Negro
In the Kingist myth, MLK was a superhuman; this is more damaging than it sounds.
Senators Used to Be Giants. Now They’re Trolls
Senators don’t wear togas anymore. They don’t glide towards the forum clutching six yards of white fabric rimmed in blood-red, but they are inheritors of the Roman legacy. They still […]
Democrats and Republicans Didn’t Switch Positions on Race
In conventional wisdom, it’s cute and common to say that Democrats and Republicans have switched positions on race. The conventional cuteness says that Democrats were racists until the early 70s […]