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Tag: history

CHIEF AMERICAN HORSE, SIOUX NATION

As Remembered by Ohiyesa (Charles A. Eastman) – Indians.org “One of the wittiest and shrewdest of the Sioux chiefs was American Horse, … More

Research, Education, history, Native Americans, truth, Ghost Dance, Sioux, Chief American Horse, warriors, Ogallalas, Crazy Horse, Teton Sioux

Southern conifers: meet this vast group of ancient trees with mysteries still unsolved

The Conversation – Academic Rigor – 12 August “When you think of “conifers”, tall, conical shaped trees often found in … More

Conifers, Education, environment, Evolution, health, history, living fossils, Nature, Pangaea, Research, Science, The Conversation, Wollemi pine

The Battle for Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle of the Second World War. These are 11 of the essential facts … More

Battle for Stalingrad, Education, history, Hitler, honor, Luftwaffe, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, pride, Research, sacrifice, Stalin, truth, unimaginable losses

Sister Helen Prejean Never Gives Up

Dear friends: While I am tucked away in Montana in the very first stages of writing my next book (more … More

Advocacy, advocate, compassion, comute sentences, Death Penalty, Education, history, insanity, Sister Helen Prejean

On ‘Yellowstone’ and in Montana, the Same Question: Who Owns the West?

ROSS DOUTHAT – Opinion – Out West “In the most popular show on American television, “Yellowstone,” the heroes are the rich owners … More

clinging to a vision, Conservation, Education, entertainment, environment, history, Kevin Costner, pastoral life, Ross Douthat, stewardship, Yellowstone

Putin Confidential

Eight questions with Philip Short, the author of a new Putin biography, on the Russian president’s early years—and what Bill … More

Bill Browder, Education, history, Jim Kelly, Michael McFaul, misunderstandings, oversimplification, Phillip Short, Politics, Putin, Russia, Russian viewpoint, truth

Why Do British Lawyers Still Wear Wigs?

Laura Dove – The Standard – 27 July “The drama of a criminal trial has a macabre allure. In America, strangers line … More

British history, British traditions, criminal courts, Education, history, peruke, Research, wigs on lawyers

“Greatest Athlete in the world!! Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of two 1912 Olympic events.

Lausanne, Switzerland — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm … More

1912 Olympic games, Education, Friends, history, injustice, Jim Thorpe, justice, Native American, Native Americans, Nature, prejudice, Research, sports scandal, truth

How Disney Propaganda Shaped Life on the Home Front During WWII

A traveling exhibition traces how the animation studio mobilized to support the Allied war effort When World War II rewrote … More

Education, history, Lies and propaganda, patriotic, patriotism, rally the troops, Research, Seattle Museum of Flight, truth, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, wartime history, WWll

Why Mass Shooters Do the Evil They Do

David Brooks – NY Times – 8 July 2022 “I will never get over the fact that our society seems … More

American carnage, angst, David Brooks, Education, Gun violence, Guns guns guns, history, mass shootings, Research, Sane Gun Legislation, Science, truth

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