July 14, 2009
It’s sad, really. Nearly every Historian I’ve ever known has a political agenda. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, it is much more common than it is with, say, Mathematicians. The problem isn’t that these professionals have an opinion; everyone is entitled to theirs. The problem is that most people assume that Historians [...]
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July 7, 2009
I was reminded a while back, by an article from Terry Teachout at Commentary Magazine, about just how brutal Stalin really was. Now, as I’ve said before, 20th Century history is not my thing, and that historians, in my view, are best served studying time periods prior to their own age. Historians, like everyone else, can [...]
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