I don’t have any evidence that Roger Williams ever had influenza, and, as far as I know, the only connection between the virus and Pastor…
Category: History
Created Equal
Posted in Government, and History
Here is a laughable headline on a Philip Bump October 6 Washington Post opinion piece: Senators representing less than half the U.S. are about to…
Following now abandoned discussion about removing his image from the ten-dollar bill, Alexander Hamilton, thanks to the eponymous hit musical, is vying for focus of…
Read MoreGenius Hamilton, One Fatal Flaw and One Big Mistake
I am enjoying America’s Forgotten History, Part II, by Mark David Ledbetter. It is self published and available on Amazon Kindle for $1.50. Of course…
Spain’s History of Tyranny, Tolerance, Tribute, and Territorial Struggles
Posted in Church and State, Culture and Diversity, History, and Travel
Originally posted 3/28/2012. Updated 7/28/2018 to include comments by the Montserrat Guide which were previously in a separate post. We just got back from a…
Read MoreSpain’s History of Tyranny, Tolerance, Tribute, and Territorial Struggles
Reflections on JFK and Changing Times (Updated from 11/23/2013)
Posted in Culture and Diversity, Economics, History, and Politics
I was a senior at Vanderbilt on November 22, 1963, the day of President Kennedy’s assassination. JFK had visited Nashville and spoken at Vanderbilt’s Dudley…
Read MoreReflections on JFK and Changing Times (Updated from 11/23/2013)