#Century

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

US history as synecdoche for world history really begins in 1854. Not coincidentally that was peak UK too.Everything before that is mostly provincial backwater prequel stuff.Bleeding Kansas, Perry in Japan,

Darren 🥚

ReformedTrader

1/ Wealth, War, and Wisdom (Barton Biggs)"WWII was the war of the century. Its effect on occupied countries and later on the losers of the war was the ultimate test

Andrew Levi

AndrewPRLevi

BREXIT TELEGRAMThe final weeks of the UK. After 99 years, ended by Brexit.Unacceptably long thread, to mark one month to B-Day. For anyone, UK or elsewhere, interested enough in Brexit

Irish History Bitesize!

lorraineelizab6

I'm starting a new detailed thread on Irish boys names (girls a separate thread)! As my main resource I'm using my copy of The Book of Irish Names: The Origins

Billi Miaow

Hastivarman

Gobindadeva Ratha wasn't always the aging warlord we know him best as.During the reign of Highking Anangabhimadeva III, he was mere junior officer, newly inducted into the Oriya Military-Bureaucracy. He

dasPost-CV

dasvee

1/ My thoughts in response to Ian Dunt's article on "Remainers should not give in to temptation to gloat" probably should be in blog post form due to length, but

gathara

gathara

#BREAKING Anger in London city, on the banks of the Gulu, capital of reclusive island kingdom of Britain, after nations in sub-Scandinavian Europe indicate they intend to read text of

Eric Garland

ericgarland

Guys. You're going to hear news stories of a variety of types of awful.Here's my guide on how to survive and thrive. 1. The vast majority of people are good.News

Saamaanya Jeevi ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜೀವಿ Shivakumar

SaamaanyaJ

A thread on National Education Policy 2020.1. The reference to Duties in the same vein as Responsibilities is a good thing. Weakness of Constitution can be compensated by Education to

Barry Ritholtz

ritholtz

The insurrection was MUCH uglier than it looked. We are learning more about:-Plans for grabbing Electoral College votes-Participants with Police/Military background-Taliban style videotape confessions / executions of Congress membersNot a

Curse

cursedsalad

1. In the 1890s, there was a popular saying among German Socialist Democrats: "anti-Semitism is the socialism of fools." This was inspired by Karl Marx's theory that socialism is immune

It's Going Down

IGD_News

The Proud Boys, led by Enrique Tarrio, arrested today in DC, have built a bridge between the Alt-Right + the Trump wing of the GOP. While they include men of

Sharon Spiteri

shaspi

If I see one more journalist complaining that they are not getting access to hospitals... no you cannot all come and see for yourselves, if one or two people from

Sarang Bhalerao

bhaleraosarang

#IPL2020 Thread: Match 1: CSK beat the defending champions MI by 5 wickets in Abu Dhabi. This was MS Dhoni’s 100th IPL win as CSK skipper. The highlights of

Sam Bagenstos

sbagen

Having just shared with a coauthor the latest draft of our piece, I'm declaring my work done for this (fill in your preferred adjective) year. So I thought I'd do

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

Indeed, Fly's most lasting legacy was the Mayflower Doctrine, a precursor of the Fairness Doctrine. In Mayflower, a station that had "editorialized"--aired the opinion of the station owner--and attacked FDR

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