History is “a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events.” [FN1] Accuracy of the record of events is necessary, or else the explanation of the events is, at best, fiction. At worst, a false telling of the past gives rise to beliefs based on lies. History provides examples. 1/16

On 5/10/1933, in 19 university towns, “huge numbers of books ... were piled up and set a light.” [FN2] A 7/30/1933 “decree laid down ‘Guidelines for History Textbooks’” & “history lessons”…

Last evening, on Brad Sowinski’s FB podcast “The Rinse,” [FN1] between panelists’ (minus me) and viewers’ comments, a general view was that the World is peachy-keen about the U.S. as host of this year’s World Cup. I asked whether U.S. border cops were hassling teams. 1/10



I was not acculturated to soccer/football in the 1970s. I’m not a fan, but this morning I read that trump had called FIFA’s president to review a “red card” call & one-game suspension of a USMNT player. [FN2]…

Of many adjectives that can be used to describe Indiana’s AG, Todd Rokita, none is good. His FB post of 7/1 blends ignorance of American history and racism in classic Rokita fashion and was in advance of the July 4th holiday. In relevant part that post stated: 1/13

“You are probably familiar with Patrick Henry’s famous words: ‘Give me liberty or give me death!’ ... [A] passionate Virginia leader, his oratory helped spark the fight for American independence [and he] authorized George…

The driver was a clean-cut white guy in his late 20s. He asked how far I was going. When I said Charlottesville, he nodded and said he was getting off of I-70 on the west side of Indy, not quite to I-465, which does a lap around Indy. The driver of my next ride, a woman XV/XXII

in her 40s, said, smugly, she could get me to Indy’s south side. She added that she wasn’t in uniform, but her job was in security. Then she reached under her seat & pulled out a .357 magnum revolver. I…