Reading Time: 3 minutes The Hungarian Revolution, 60 years later, carries some stark lessons about rebellion and the difficulty dealing with a refugee surge
Tag: History
October 1066 changed England forever
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Norman Conquest annihilated England’s ruling class, physically and genetically
JFK and Reagan more alike than you’d think
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kennedy and Reagan have assumed sainthood status for their polarized parties and claiming continuity between them strikes many as rank heresy
‘Radical Joe’ Chamberlain inspires new British PM
Reading Time: 4 minutes The new British prime minister is apparently an admirer of the Victorian-era urban reforming Radical Joe
Fifty years ago, London was The Swinging City
Reading Time: 3 minutes From pop music to miniskirts to Academy Award-winning films, a cultural revolution was brewing in England – for a while
1940 Republican convention provided real political fireworks
Reading Time: 3 minutes Forget Donald Trump – Wendell Willkie was the man if you’re seeking a presidential candidate who defied convention
Donald Trump reminds me of John Connally
Reading Time: 3 minutes With one key difference: Barring a miracle, Trump will become the 2016 Republican nominee; Connally was up against Ronald Reagan
U.S. vice presidency ‘isn’t worth a pitcher of warm p-ss’
Reading Time: 3 minutes To their dismay, some vice presidents came to realize how irrelevant the role really is
Will 2016 be an historical turning point?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Armies of disgruntled people are pushing back against an establishment that puts the interests of corporations ahead of citizens
Before Ali, there was Joe Louis
Reading Time: 3 minutes Where Ali was flamboyantly boastful, Louis was studiously modest and where Ali was outspokenly defiant, Louis was respectfully deferential