JAMES BALDWIN addresses the University Of Cambridge during his epochal debate with William F. Buckley in 1965. Oratory and content of the very highest order. To listen is to learn. H/t Michael Warburton Keeping both Black and white people ignorant of their history is the main strategy of the Florida
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Politics and its Discontents: Still Lessons To Be Learned
The older I get, the more I realize how little I know. And to me, that is a good thing, because there is something both grounding and humbling in realizing the extent of one’s ignorance. And it is also an invitation to continue learning, right up to the end. While
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Threat of Populism and Anti-Populism – Thomas Frank
This from the latest issue of Harper’s. I urge my readers to read the entire essay, as it provide a great amount of pertinent history about he American political system and illustrates clearly how the Establishment often acts in concert to dampen the will of the people. “Further examples
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The Day We Burned Ole DC Down? It was today, actually … 204 years ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Day We Burned Ole DC Down? It was today, actually. But if this was big news 204 years ago, when the fire was actually lit by the Royal Marines and sundry British Army regiments – revenge for the Americans burning down York, now part of Toronto,
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Freedom from gun terror: why understanding American history can help keep Canadians sane
An American militia in 1773 … before they were well regulated and illustrating why they needed to be. Most militia units, said Gen. George Washington, were “totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill.” Below: President Washington; President Thomas Jefferson. One of the effects of the horrific tragedy at Sandy
Continue readingAlberta Diary: News from Imperial Washington: Alberta Diary’s surprise endorsement (sort of) from afar
You want moments in American history? Apropos of nothing, here lies Alexander Hamilton, slain in a duel by his political foe Aaron Burr, who got off scot free. Top that! Below: Danielle Smith, disapproving of my tinfoil cap. Your blogger is normally disinclined to give too much of this space
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