American-Australian Relational History

Conversations with, and Between, Queensland Elites

Conversations with, and Between, Queensland Elites

Dear friends,     Thoughts?  A wealthy school could afford to improve the teaching strategy, the same curriculum, by retro-technology.  But in the United States there has been thinking on meritocracy for nearly a century, and, indeed, the reform of...

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Let’s See

Let’s See

Dear Friends,   Let's see if I am wrong. If Trump is so much a liar that he will not do what he passionately said he would do, or that he does have dictator ambitions. My money is on the latter.   Day One is 20 January 2025. The 20th amendment to the...

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Bruce Springsteen,  On the streets of Philadelphia?

Bruce Springsteen, On the streets of Philadelphia?

      Bruce Springsteen,  On the streets of Philadelphia     I was bruised and battered I couldn't tell what I felt I was unrecognizable to myself Saw my reflection in a window And didn't know my own face Oh brother are you gonna leave me...

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Let’s See

The Allan Lichtman Historiography

Allan Jay Lichtman (born April 4, 1947) is an American historian. He has taught at American University in Washington, D.C. since 1973. Lichtman created The Keys to the White House system with Soviet seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981. The system uses 13...

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