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16 Jun 2022
Excited to announce that my debut history book is now available for pre-order. It's due out February 28, 2023, but how great would it be to order now, forget about it and then get it as a suprise later. Check it out.
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28 Jul 2024
There are the stories that made America, and the stories that America made up.
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26 Jul 2024
“We’re not outnumbered. We’re out organized.”
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24 Jul 2024
A third atomic bomb was scheduled to be detonated over an undisclosed location in Japan.
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24 Jul 2024
But after learning about the number of casualties in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, president Truman delayed the attack. Japan surrendered weeks later.
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But US government documents admitted that Japan was already on the verge of surrender before the nuclear strikes in 1945. And it wasn't necessary to use the atomic bomb.
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24 Jul 2024
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." - Eisenhower, 1961
I wonder if he knew just how prophetic those words would be...
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24 Jul 2024
5/ While we're dumping nearly a trillion dollars into defense:
- 1 in 6 American children live in poverty
- Our infrastructure is crumbling
- Teachers are buying school supplies out of pocket
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5/ But, at least we've got lots of tanks the Army didn't ask for.
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3 Nov 2023
I’m not naive to the depths of human cruelty—but the embrace of inhumanity and justification for callousness is astonishing right now.
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25 Jul 2023
Without the Haitian revolution, the French might still own much of the American South. The rebellion made France sell off its American land. It reshaped world history, and most of us learned nothing of it in school.
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24 Jul 2023
Whitney Plantation in Louisiana was the first U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. Shouldn't all plantations highlight their brutal past instead of hosting weddings?
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17 Jul 2023
A couple of the many books I ordered to research for my next podcast episode. We are going to Hawaii.
Join me as I dive into the rich and fascinating story of King Kamehameha I and bring his extraordinary journey to life.
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11 Jul 2023
A curtailing of critical conversations on race is rewriting American history, replacing authenticity with avoidance.
We are, in effect, fostering falsehoods, whitewashing our past to the detriment of our future.
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5 Jul 2023
1. In 2018, a gallery owner was arrested after leaving a 10-foot heroin spoon sculpture outside OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.
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11. I want to live in a society that supports, rather than stigmatizes, those struggling with addiction. How about you?
#history #education #learn #recovery #americanhistory #addiction
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12. If you're a lifelong learner subscribe to the Highlights of Humanity newsletter. I delve into overlooked narratives and whitewashed histories, challenging the status quo to offer you a more nuanced view of humanity.
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