Miscellaneous thoughts about miscellaneous matters
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (George Santayana) Those who do remember the past are condemned to watch in horror as those who forgot the history repeat it. Recently the knowledge of history seems to have diminished. I probably have been wasting my time, but I recently posted a blog post about Afghanistan, because there is so much history that suggests that invading Afghanistan is a bad idea. Similarly, it has been known for a fairly long time ...
Updated 09-12-2017 at 02:28 PM by PeterL
Earlier today I was shocked to learn that there still are people in Amherst, Massachusetts who think General Jeffrey Amherst had something to do with spreading smallpox among the Indian, and even worse some even think that he did that in Western Massachusetts. I previously blogged about this at: http://www.online-literature.com/for...nd-the-Indians And there is an excellent article about the matter at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27774278...n_tab_contents ...
Updated 03-07-2023 at 05:12 PM by PeterL