Tag: history
member name: Seth Williams
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August 12, 2008 12:54 PM EDT --
I've heard it often said that MLK, Jr. once said (in fact, was once the central theme of one of my posts):
"If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi. But if your . . .
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November 16, 2005 12:34 AM EST --
Without a doubt, Abraham Lincoln is my favorite President. I revere Lincoln because he was a moral man who loved freedom—he believed that if we allow the freedom of others to be denigrated we open . . .
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November 25, 2005 01:06 PM EST --
In his seminal work on warfare, Clausewitz identified the theory of "center of gravity". The center of gravity is the point of greatest importance, interest, or activity; if you destroy this . . .
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November 13, 2005 11:05 AM EST --
Note: this is a reprint of something I wrote awhile ago on Rob Port's great blog Say Anything. I'm reposting it here, I hope you enjoy it.
It is often said that to know where you're going . . .
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November 19, 2005 06:31 AM EST --
The history of the martini, as with several other popular cocktails, is a murky one. All manner of things from an opera star, to rifle, to a town in California has laid claim to being the genesis of the . . .
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January 19, 2006 02:15 AM EST --
Some (mostly factual) things that happened this week in history.
Jan 16
1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
1776 Continental Congress decides that blacks can die for the revolution, approves . . .
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December 07, 2005 06:20 PM EST --
Today, December 7th, is the 64th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. We, as a nation, commemorate this day not only to commemorate the victims, but also because we must never forget the . . .
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August 12, 2008 11:06 PM EDT --
Note: I have chosen not to edit this but rather repost as-is, simply because it's one of the few pieces I've ever written that feels "finished" to me (although perhaps others may take . . .
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January 22, 2006 10:50 PM EST --
Jan 23
1793 2nd partition of Poland (between Prussia & Russia). Poles begin to notice a pattern.
1849 Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US, discovers concept of glass ceiling. . . .
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December 03, 2005 08:42 PM EST --
On December 13, 1887 in a small cabin in Pall Mall, Tennessee, a great American hero was born. Alvin Cullom York was the third of eleven children born to William York. Raised on a farm, Alvin learned to . . .
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