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Presentism and Parallelism: Why Political Decisions-Makers Need to fund, contract, or employ professional historians
An excellent piece, Christofer: “At issue between these two interpretive poles is the basic presumption of applied social science: to what extent can the recognition of recurring patterns translate into effective political policy? Yet, Thucydides was not writing social science as we know it. To the extent that his text articulated anything…
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Today’s Cultural Madness: It will take every educated persons to boldly stand up and stop the madness
Featured Message Image: Marketoonist order number – 24304. Paid. The abstract subtle thinking seeping into our suburban homes. This morning’s news was that very young infants were losing word power from over-exposure to tablets during free-time. It is our ignorant office managers who want us to “write” via A.I.,…
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2023-04-05 Letter to Mayor. Re. Questions on 2023-2025 Commemorations
Adrian Schrinner Brisbane Lord Mayor Brisbane City Council GPO Box 1434 Brisbane Qld 4001 5 April 2023 Dear Lord Mayor, I will present a paper at the 50th AHA conference (4-6 July), following on from my 2021 AHA presentation. I have attached the abstract for the 2023 paper, the AHA acceptance docket (email),…
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Poetry of a Lonely in the Compassionate Crowd
Poetry of a Lonely in the Compassionate Crowd On the evening of the 12 November 2021, 8.30. Fish out of water. Showcase of communications, In art and films. Always the question – What am I doing here? I get an email invitation Out of the blue. So, I came. I did not conquer. I looked.…
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On This Day: Tuesday, 5 January 2021
Anniversaries and commemorations come and go daily. Most of us, even the best historians, miss most occasions. If we think of history as events then we are faced with a continually showering in the grains of sand. Nevertheless, we do pick out certain patterns in the remembrance of historical dates. The blog here reminds us…