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Books on American history 27 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
Below are the main books I use for American history. I am not saying they are the best – just the ones I use. Commenters can probably come up with some better ones. The perfect American history book ...
Sweet Sensation: Sad Sweet Dreamer 26 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
Remarks: This song went to #1 on the British charts in 1974, #14 on the American pop charts in 1975. Sweet Sensation, Britain’s answer to the Stylistics, was, so far as I know, the only British soul ...
Christopher Lane 24 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
Christopher Lane (c. 1991-2013) was an Australian studying in America on a baseball scholarship. On August 16th 2013 he was shot dead in Duncan, Oklahoma by three teenagers because they were “bored”. ...
The planned March on Washington, 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
There will be two marches to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on August 28th 1963, both ending at the Lincoln Memorial (links go to the march’s website): Saturday August 24th 2013...
Joan of the Upper West Side 21 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
Joan of the Upper West Side, a liberal New Yorker, is a priceless example clueless racism and classism: On August 14th 2013 she called into John Schiumo’s talk show, “The Call”, on NY1, an all-news t...
March on Washington, 1963 20 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 28th 1963) was where Dr Martin Luther King, Jr gave his “I Have a Dream Speech”. Some 250,000 Americans of all colours marched to the Lincoln Memor...
Adriana Evans: Seein’ Is Believing 19 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
Remarks: If you could bake down VH1 Soul to 4 minutes and 21 seconds, it would be this video and a Montel Williams ad for MoneyMutual payday loans. This song went to #50 on the American R&B charts in...
Magical Progress 18 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
Magical Progress is my name for the American idea that everything just naturally gets better all the time without anyone trying too hard. Not just in science and technology but even morally, culturall...
Notes on xPraetorius 17 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
XPraetorius reminds me of the Black Knight in Monty Python. Click the picture for more. I have not written a blog post since Tuesday. Instead I have been commenting and moderating the “Was Hitler evi...
Was Hitler evil? 13 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Was Hitler evil? Most White Americans will say yes: he killed 6 million Jews in the Holocaust! But to avoid any double standard we should apply the same moral reasoning White Americans apply to thei...
