Daily Archives: March 28, 2022

Will Smith, Chris Rock and the downward spiral of the dissidents (3-28-22)

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In Defense Of History

Richard Evans writes in this 1999 book: * Virtually all historians, for example, assumed that the nation-state was the primary object of historical study. The emerging historical profession was dominated by the view that the historian’s task lay principally in … Continue reading

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One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway – and Its Aftermath

Here are some highlights from this 2015 book: * We want to be loved; failing that, admired; failing that, feared; failing that, hated and despised. At all costs we want to stir up some sort of feeling in others. Our … Continue reading

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