Collaborate Disseminate
by Paul Laurence Dunbar …born in Dayton, Ohio, on June 27, 1872. His parents, Joshua Dunbar and Matilda Murphy Dunbar, were married six months earlier, on December 24, 1871. Both slaves prior to the Civil War, Joshua Dunbar escaped and served in both t… Continue reading We Wear the Mask
Someone needs to say to Florida “water you even doing right now” (pun intended) given the latest news. And I don’t say that lightly, given Florida’s awful history of “killing zones” in water. This blog post title could be talking about Facebook’s “busi… Continue reading Hackers Attempted to Remove Regulation of Poison Content in Florida
Brilliant history/comedy by The Amber Ruffin Show explaining why Americans desperately need a White History Month: I do feel the need to point out her citation of Lincoln, while true, evades the important context of his speech. First, after being repea… Continue reading White History Month
…as recorded in 1930 by Geeshie “phantom genius” Wiley (born Lillie May Wiley) If I die, If I die, in the German war I want you to send my body, send it to my mother, lord If I get killed, If I get killed, please don’t bury my soul I p’fer just leave m… Continue reading Last Kind Words
If you want to talk about disinformation in America, “Jaws” is one of the best examples of how a simple story based on a false fear can do exceptional long lasting harm. It is very difficult to get sharks back to what they are, correctly seen as loving… Continue reading The Movie “Jaws” Foreshadowed America’s Disinformation Crisis
Add to the list of President Grant’s already amazing legacy, easily being one of the best if not the best President in history, his legacy of environmentalism mixed with civil rights. The first rangers in America included blacks, known at the time as B… Continue reading How Black Americans Invented Mountain Biking
I’m definitely not the first to ask this. James Whitman a couple years ago published a whole book at Princeton Press called “Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law” Whitman tells us of Nazi efforts to use American ra… Continue reading Was Woodrow Wilson’s Administration a Blueprint for Nazi Germany?
Microsoft is now out to prove that Bastiat’s 1850 broken window fallacy (Ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on ne voit pas) — in other words waging expensively destructive cyber wars — is actually a great way to make money! What do I mean by profit from broken win… Continue reading Bastiat Economics and Microsoft’s Broken Windows
While the impressively huge Aircraft Carrier was a decisive platform in past wars, I can’t help but think about it in terms of a commoditization line over history. This is the path from 1960s drone war being conducted on a mainframe in a few high-secur… Continue reading The Future-Future of Aircraft Carriers
An interesting new set of evidence shows an old controversial theory is turning out to be true: Ronald Reagan worked covertly to block American attempts to free their hostages in Iran, as a means to win the Presidency. A Jacobin magazine article writes… Continue reading New Data Proves Reagan Scuttled Iran Embassy Hostage Release — Harmed America to Win Election