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By Sean's Russia Blog on Oct 13, 2018 in: History
Guest: Artemy Kalinovsky on The Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan published by Cornell University Press.
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Oct 12, 2018 in: Britain, history, literature, London
Queen Victoria’s unsatisfactory grandson, Prince Albert Duke of Clarence, second in line to the British throne, desperately needed a bride. Earlier attempts to marry this useless duke off to foreign princesses had failed, so Queen Victoria was reli...
(Graphic image is by Ben Wiseman in The New York Times.)The Republicans already controlled the White House and both houses of Congress. With the confirmation of Kavanaugh, they now also control the Supreme Court. They have not had this much power ove...
By Sean's Russia Blog on Oct 6, 2018 in: History
Guest: Matthias Neumann on communism, youth, and generation.
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Oct 5, 2018 in: architecture, family, history, medicine
Born in Nymphenburg Castle Munich, Ludwig (1845-1886) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He became King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1864 at 18 when his father died, but alas for the Bavarians, Ludwig had no interest in politics. He became a lonel...
By RedState on Oct 4, 2018 in: Entertainment, Media, Movies, Politics, Pop Culture, Television, History
Social media abounds with #IBelieveHer. Something tells me Christine Blasey Ford — Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser — has made history. In the embrace of the left side of the aisle, she is being enshrined as a survivor of Kav...
By North Coast Voices on Oct 4, 2018 in: history
This is part of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's weak argument for not changing the current date of the national holiday known as Australia Day, which has been something of a movable feast since inception.Newcastle Herald, 4 October 2018:"You don...