I’m listening to “The Tortured Poets Department” this Friday afternoon. I give it a 7/10. Maybe a 6/10. The album is OK if you want mild background sounds, but it’s certainly not up-beat dance happy music. Swift uses co-writers for… Read More ›
The U.S. Black community is unique. First, it is not African in any way. It is a wholely North American construct. Second, it is the largest and most diverse of the various Afro-sourced North American communities. Sure, there are Blacks… Read More ›
So, on March 13, 1881, Czar Alexander II (1818-1881) was assisinated.* Well, six years later, in 1887, a 20-year-old student-terrorist took part in a plot organized by the Will of the People (same group as before) to assassinate Alexander II’s… Read More ›
I was born in 1975. I graduated from high school in 1993. I sometimes wonder about people born after me, like, those born in the 1990s. If you were born in 1990, for example, you will turn 33-years-old this year… Read More ›
The Passing of Crowther by Gregory C. Eaves May 2021 Argentina to Zimbabwe, Adelaide to Zurich, the Appalachians to the Zagros, and everywhere in between. Where do you stand concerning that most extinct of species: the writer of travel guide… Read More ›
I don’t believe countries “stumble” or “sleepwalk” into war, a common WWI trope. For example, Gavrilo Princip did not “cause” WWI. Also, I don’t believe in the Thucydides Trap, which is another common WWI trope. Emerging powers most actively go… Read More ›
Modern humans have only been around… what? 300’000 years, or so? Hell, there were still woolly mammoths (up until 3’~4’000 years ago) and saber-toothed smilodons (up until ~10’000 years ago) and other megafauna for a long time when modern humans… Read More ›
Keep Your God-Damned Monotheistic Prophet Out of My Mid-Winter Solstice Festival ~an essay on Christmas by Gregory C. Eaves~ Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 Jesus is not the “reason for the season” as your bumper sticker so cutely quips, so keep… Read More ›
VIETNAM, baby! You thought defeating Tsarist Russia in 1904-1905 was something? Piffle! The Russians aren’t white, and they certainly aren’t Western. Japan did a nothing. They can’t even retain their gains. Go home, Japan. Now, let’s go look at a… Read More ›
I turn 46-years-old tomorrow. I’ve always felt that each age I reach has been perfect for me at that time. Indeed, today I feel that one’s mid-40s are the best of times. If you had asked me in 2010, I… Read More ›
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