Category: U.S. History
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Musings & Thoughts for September 24, 2020: If Time Travel Were Possible….
Thoughts & Musings for Thursday, September 24, 2020 Hello again, Dear Reader. In my neck of Florida it is mid-morning on a humid and hot day in the early fall of 2020. According to my phone’s AccuWeather app, the temperature outside is 75˚ F under partly cloudy skies, but with 86% humidity and an east-southeasterly…
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Documentary Series Review: ‘The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick’ (2017)
The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick Produced and Directed by: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward Original Air Date(s): September 17-28, 2017 The Vietnam War drove a stake right into the heart of America. It polarized the country as it had probably never been polarized since before…
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Life in the Time of COVID-19: Stupidity and Craven Disregard for Public Health …Two Things That Irk Me
Today the U.S. reached another unhappy milestone in the novel coronavirus pandemic: as of 4:30 this afternoon, 78,469 Americans – young, middle-aged, and elderly; rich, poor, famous and not famous – have died from COVID-19 in a four-month period. By way of comparison, the bloodiest post-World War II conflict in U.S. history resulted in 58,220…
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“These Times Try Men Souls…” Life in the COVID-19 Era
How will history remember how the United States and its government responded to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the first half of the year 2020? Will we – and the Administration of one Donald John Trump – be remembered as the Americans who faced a serious crisis with unity, determination, and courage? Or will…
A Certain Point of View, Too 