Nicholas Best recounts a little known story about two Lancaster bombers. One crewed by Canadians, the other by Australians*. Early… Read more Australia Helped Spearhead the End to the Dutch Famine in 1945, Few know it ever happened
Category: History
Reagan’s Reminder: “The Martyrs of History Were Not Fools.”
This has the sharp edge of poignant relevance painted all over it: “….Now let’s set the record straight. There’s no… Read more Reagan’s Reminder: “The Martyrs of History Were Not Fools.”
Review: Hollywood & Hitler, Thomas Doherty
Thomas Doherty’s 2013 book, ‘Hollywood and Hitler: 1933-1939’, is a 373 page look into the past ideological make-up of Hollywood.… Read more Review: Hollywood & Hitler, Thomas Doherty
The Flower Of The Holy Night
December 12 is National Poinsettia Day in the United States. Running with a few ideas for the remaining weeks of… Read more The Flower Of The Holy Night
An Evolutionary Biologist’s Unexpected War On Social Darwinism
There is a plethora of material about Darwinian evolutionary theory. Working up along the path of its reception in history,… Read more An Evolutionary Biologist’s Unexpected War On Social Darwinism
The Politics Of Realignment: A House of Slavery Or The House of Freedom
The general reasoning against any sizeable interest in the suffering and pain of Germans in World War Two might go along these… Read more The Politics Of Realignment: A House of Slavery Or The House of Freedom
Tolstoy’s Critique: Social Media?
The quote below, taken from Tolstoy’s ‘A Confession’, reads like a critique of the leviathan that is social media: ‘We… Read more Tolstoy’s Critique: Social Media?
Gollwitzer, On Kristallnacht: “Where Repentance Stops, Inhumanity Begins”
Of all the points of parallel relevance the past has with modern society, there are sometimes moments when historical parallels… Read more Gollwitzer, On Kristallnacht: “Where Repentance Stops, Inhumanity Begins”
Teaching History With Hitler’s Traitors
This past week I finished reading Susan Ottaway’s 2003 book, ‘Hitler’s Traitors.’ I had borrowed this with the purpose of… Read more Teaching History With Hitler’s Traitors
Review: The Territories of Science & Religion, Peter Harrison
Peter Harrison, the director of Queensland University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, recent book, ‘The Territories of Science and Religion,’ counters the myth… Read more Review: The Territories of Science & Religion, Peter Harrison