Sports and Politics: 1869 and 2019
“Keep politics out of sports!” “Just report what happens on the field!” This isn’t how it works.
Tagged: History
Joe Biden’s ’68 Throwback Special
Joe Biden talked about these formative events to a generation. The problem is that was not only a generation ago, but nearly two generations ago.
A Timeless Box Full of Whistles
The story of Handel, a young Mozart, a Dutch church, Johnny Cash, and holding my kids hand, all set to the subtle sounds of a pipe organ.
The Things My Father Gave Me
History has been something that my father has given me with very little in return; not simply because I don’t want to give back to that tradition, but because I haven’t yet had the life to lead which gives to the story of my family and of mankind as a whole.
Dark and Dusty, Painted on the Sky
The dirty history of West Virginians trying to get clean of documentary perceptions.
Thursday Throughput for 5/23/19
When people’s children are more likely to survive, they have fewer of them. This is a great triumph of the modern era.
An Indian Election
A primer on the Indian presidential election, Indian politics, and Indian history.
Oh, the Humanity
My son cannot understand why anyone cared if the Hindenburg blew up because he is eleven years old and thinks the world is an anime.
The Trouble With Incumbency
My point is that a Trump defeat would be the first time in modern American politics where a good economy wasn’t enough to keep an incumbent in office.
God and Man at the Burning of Notre Dame
All of us look to the flame-scarred icon along the Seine and wonder what will be next for this mighty watcher of the affairs of mankind.
And Then There Were None
The Doolittle Raiders, as they preferred to be called, had long since planned for there being only one, and then none of them.
Ordinary Sunday Brunch
Ordinary Sunday Brunch is Ordinary Times’ Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
Ordinary Sunday Brunch
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links is Ordinary Times’ Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
Ordinary Sunday Brunch
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links is Ordinary Times’ Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
Ordinary Sunday Brunch
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links is Ordinary Times’ Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
Ordinary World for 1/3
Your Ordinary World for 3Jan19 with links to stories on history, religion, housing, and lawns.
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links is Ordinary Times’ Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links is Ordinary Times’ Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links
Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links is Ordinary Times’ Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
Ordinary Sunday Brunch
Ordinary Sunday Brunch with Sunday Morning cultural links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
