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MAYFLOWER COMPACT: THE PILGRIMS UNITE ON C-SPAN3

The Mayflower Compact wasn’t as popular in third grade history as the buckled shoes the Pilgrims wore. It wasn’t a big hit in the college classes I took that resulted in a bachelor’s degree in American History, either. Luckily, C-SPAN3 American History TV cleared the fog that covers the past. International readers: this is an […]

AMERICAN PRACTICE: VOTE LIKE IT MATTERS

An American practice is like a medical practice: sometimes we get it wrong. Sometimes we get it right and it’s still wrong. If you’re old enough to vote, do it. Vote like it matters and encourage others to do the same. Voting is part of an American practice, like minding our own business and staying […]

AMERICAN STORY TOLD COAST TO COAST. GOT ONE?

The American story drenched in bitter hardships overcome is the most American of stories. It’s the woman who married a man in the 1930’s only to learn he was not the man she thought he was. Who was he?

HISTORY MATTERS MORE THAN OPINIONS? USUALLY

History matters when someone starts explaining things beyond their grasp. If you don’t understand the basics of a single topic, then everything sounds authoritative. So how is it possible to tell the difference between a crackpot and a legitimate source? If you trust a blogger who gets with it an a daily basis, you’re on […]

THE HISTORY WRITER YOU NEED, THE STORY YOU GET

Every history writer has a To Be Read stack of books. I like to think most people have the same stack. The difference for a writer is most of their books To Be Read explain how to write. I’m finally able to say they helped me. How? Thank you for asking.

HISTORY BEGINNER: COMMON BASICS FROM UNCOMMON BLOGGER

Long stories blur into each other the more they’re told. Eventually a common thread emerges. I’m a history beginner, you’re a history beginner, we all be history beginners. If you don’t agree, then visit a new place, a place where you don’t speak the language, a place with different food, where you essentially throw yourself […]

FASHION FORWARD: HOW TO DRESS AMERICA

Lady Liberty greeted my in-laws when they sailed on the Queen Elizabeth from England to Canada showing them how to dress America. She wore the same frock then as she does now with diagonally draped material pinned to her left shoulder and her bare right arm raised overhead holding the torch of liberty. It’s been […]

HISTORIOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF HISTORY AND WHO GIVES A GOOD RIP

I saw a question on twitter, a summary of a question a history grad student asked their advisor. “Who will read my thesis besides you?” The answer they got back: “No one, because it won’t matter to anyone else but you and us.” The unnecessary slam the professor included? “Put a ten dollar bill in […]

A TIME LONG AGO AT A HIGH SCHOOL FAR FAR AWAY

North Bend Oregon High School, class of 1973. What’s so special? Like later generations staking their claims to, ‘the first digital generation’ or ‘the first paperless generation’ or ‘the first generation raised on video games,’ the generational niche of 1973 is ‘the first modern generation.’ Born of the roaring ’50’s with TV dinners […]

MAYFLOWER COMPACT: THE PILGRIMS UNITE ON C-SPAN3

AMERICAN PRACTICE: VOTE LIKE IT MATTERS

AMERICAN STORY TOLD COAST TO COAST. GOT ONE?

HISTORY MATTERS MORE THAN OPINIONS? USUALLY

THE HISTORY WRITER YOU NEED, THE STORY YOU GET

HISTORY BEGINNER: COMMON BASICS FROM UNCOMMON BLOGGER

FASHION FORWARD: HOW TO DRESS AMERICA

HISTORIOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF HISTORY AND WHO GIVES A GOOD RIP

Chain Of Command From The Bottom Up Point Of View

A TIME LONG AGO AT A HIGH SCHOOL FAR FAR AWAY

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