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And then there was light! (When was that? Where?)
Here I am, once again bearing a torch against despair. There are some realities that might lighten your mood or shift it into resistence (a lot better than despair), one of which is Lawrence Tribe’s talk with Ali Velshi on … Continue reading
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Tagged " RR Palmer, A History of the Modern World, Age of Enlightenment, Ali Velshi, conservatism, Edmund Burke, humanitarianism, Joel Colton, Lawrence Tribe, liberalism, nationalism, plutocracy, US Constitution, white supremacists
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In a history of the modern world, a sudden burst of glory
I’ve been slowly reading a 1965 edition of “A History of the Modern World,” by R.R. Palmer and Joel Colton, both of whom I’ve come to admire. How can anyone compress a history of the entire world in one volume, … Continue reading
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Tagged " RR Palmer, "The History of the Modern World, Finland, history of science, Joel Colton, Pomerania, science denial, Sweden
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