The Future De-Trumpization of the US
Nikita Khrushchev became First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death by executing Beria and winning the power struggle with Stalin's heir apparent, Malenkov. Politically…
You Can’t Fix Stupid
Most organizations - most competent organizations - require employees to complete a litany of wide-ranging, cover-your-ass training: ethics, sexual harassment, workplace violence, non-discrimination, safety training, blah blah blah. Most require…
Textbooks With Bias
The New Eclectic Series: Elementary Geography is an 1896 geography textbook targeting young children, likely fourth to sixth grade. The textbook is chaptered with number paragraphs which describe facts (actual…
1896 British America
The 1896 textbook The New Eclectic Series: Elementary Geography includes a map of British America - Canada - as defined by the British North America Act, 1867 which created the…
Correction Respectfully Requested
This map is displayed about halfway through the documentary Chernobyl: Secrets, Lies and the Untold Truths. Can you spot anything interesting? The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in 1986, therefore the…
Religion In Schools
I was not brought within any religious faith and have maintained my atheism into adulthood, which is not unusual in my family: My parents were not religious during their marriage,…
Tolerance …. to a point
A oft-seen bumper sticker - at least in Minnesota - advocates tolerance: political, religion, sexual, whatever. Totally get it, totally agree with it. It's what the The Youngbloods were singing…
Those Birdly Voices
By Alex Liivet from Bournemouth, United Kingdom - HMV Oxford Street, CC BY 2.0, cropped HMV was a major British record company whose letters were acronym for His Master's Voice,…
It’s All In The Phrasing
Teena Marie's biggest hit single, Lovergirl, is a vibrant and infections anthem about confidence, passion, and the desire to capture someone's heart. Released in 1984, it reached #4 on the…
Random Learnings #56
After the 1960 season, the American League Washington Senators became the 1961 Minnesota Twins, at least that's always been my understanding. Team ownership didn't change. Five regular position players from…