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Scary Times, Predicted

Scary Times, Predicted

2026-02-02Posted inbooks, culture, Europe, Germany, history, learnings, North America, personal, United States
I'm still working my way through Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic by Volker Ullrich, in which he gives a riveting account of Germany's inter-war history, from World…
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Book Review #3

2026-01-23Posted inbooks, culture, Europe, history, learnings, personal, Russia
In the translated book Planning in the USSR by I.A. Yevenko, the communist hyperbole and delusion begins immediately with the Author's Notes on page 5: The system of socialist planned…
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Book Review #2

2026-01-22Posted inbooks, culture, history, learnings, personal
A Brief History of Freemasons: the true story of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society: From the back cover: An illuminating and unbiased history of this most enigmatic secret society.…
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Random Learnings #65

2026-01-19Posted inbooks, culture, learnings, personal, vocbulary
Reading the otherwise underwhelming The Freemasons: The True Story of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society by Jasper Ridley, the author uses the folk tale Cinderella when discussing the French…
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New York City Love Letter

2026-01-08Posted inbooks, culture, locations, New York, North America, travel, United States
Sunday, my wife and I introduced a Connecticut friend to the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. Of course, one must see the Rose Main…
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Book Review #1

2026-01-02Posted inbooks, culture, history, learnings, personal
The cover description of Retreat From Glory by R. H. Bruce Lockhart in tantalizing: By the author of British Agent. Mr Bruce Lockhart continues the fascinating story of his career.…
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Random Learnings #61

2025-09-17Posted inAsia, books, China, culture, history, learnings, personal
China's history of censorship and book burnings goes back over 2000 years, when Qin Shihuang, the first emperor, supposedly issued an edict to destroy works he deemed politically dangerous. Today's…
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