Monthly Archives: January 2013

Will History Fly?

Kathleen Edwards wrote: Studying history is, for all I can see, nothing but a picking and choosing of the human race of what they want to sell from the past and and what they want to sell to the future. … Continue reading

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Who Will It Be?

Publishing is changing. It’s no longer profitable to cling to the 19th Century models that have prevailed until digital became universal. Now it seems trad publishing sneers at ebooks, even as it tries hard to exploit them with the same … Continue reading

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A Conspiracy of Doubt

Conspiracy is as real as price fixing, point shaving, and gerrymandering. Worse, most things are not what they appear to be, at least on the surface. Dig deeper and always there is more complexity. History is lies agreed upon; this … Continue reading

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Dichotomy

The conservative stance is fear, hate, and greed, rationalized. The liberal stance is a rational attempt to get along and lessen everyone’s suffering. Every man for himself is conservative. All for one and one for all is liberal. Earth is … Continue reading

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Teste di Giovinetta

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