Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Family, History | 2 Comments »Yesterday was Yom HaShoah, a day of remembrance for the Holocaust of World War II. It's a day I knew nothing about until a friend's Twitter post and my sister-in-law's blog entry. It's a somber day in Israel and a ...
The Radical Words of Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday, January 19th, 2009 Posted in History, Society | No Comments »Last week I talked a bit about Martin Luther King Jr. being a radical. Today it seems appropriate to look at some of his radical words. On love vs. hate: "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a ...
Martin Luther King Jr. the Radical
Monday, January 12th, 2009 Posted in History | 2 Comments »I've been reading The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House lately (can you guess why?) and have been fascinated by the perspective of history. Specifically Martin Luther King Jr. Admittedly, my understanding of current history (say, the ...
Did Martin Luther King Jr. Finally End the Civil War?
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in History, War | No Comments »PRI's The World has a fascinating series of stories on how wars end. The series is looking at past wars to give insight into how the Iraq war might end. Yesterday's story covered the end of the Civil War and ...
11 Years to Walk on the Moon
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in History, Science | No Comments »On October 4, 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik, the first man-made object to orbit Earth. Not content with second place, the United States quickly rallied to achieve their own interstellar milestones. On July 29, 1958—50 years ago today—President Dwight Eisenhower ...
Twitter, Moving, History & Art
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Art, Blogging, Domicile, Family, History | No Comments »Blogging has definitely slowed lately. I blame Twitter—I've been enjoying its strength as a place to make temporary, pithy comments that don't require much time or thought investment. Maybe that says something about how valuable/worthless my Twitter posts are, though ...
The 1930s were in Color!
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in History | No Comments »The Library of Congress has released loads of photos on Flickr. My favorite is this set of color photos from the 1930s and 1940s. I've seen very little if any color photography from that era. It all looks like it ...
Leo Szilard’s Plan to Avoid Nuking Japan
Wednesday, September 29th, 1999 Posted in History | No Comments »History lesson. How would you like to be Leo Szilard? The man worked on the Manhattan Project, building the first atomic bomb for the U.S. military. Then, when he realized its potential, he fought against any military use of the ...
