Yes! The IHMs nuns in one class talked about this atleast in regard to television and steel. I have never forgotten this great tidbit and that was just the tip of the historical iceberg. Thomas Cahill brought in his book How the Irish Saved Civilization out how the isolated monks transcribed ancient global manuscripts but really left out several other critical humans . So good to know and one of the great things I find in history there are always others working somehow in conjunction with you.
Headlines in the US are directed to catch the eye of the uneducated rage readers. The curtain is slowly being pulled back and the world is seeing how ignorant America truly is, in relation to the feats already achieved by earlier civilizations and seen as “firsts” in America. Sad!!!
It absolutely enrages me when Christian Nationalists or White Nationalists, or other well-meaning but ignorant people try to claim US as somehow belongs to them. I'm not even sure which group bugs me the most. They all have that smug self-satisfaction and why does JD jump into my mind? He knows better. Stephen Miller is a true believer, I think. Hegseth is bursting with his new power. In a different age, a different country, he probably would have been a Nazi.
But the gum-chewing Red Caps also infuriate me. Didn't anyone ever tell them that America was barely a twinkle in anyone's eye when huge empires already existed, empires that valued education, created breathtakingly exquisite art and architecture? Some even gave women leadership roles.
thank-you especially this week that celebrations for the 250th of this republic are taking so much space; even though indigenous peoples have been in this continent for 1000s of years, when will their nations be celebrated!
Great article! I'm glad you brought this up and you did it so well! My wonderment is how long before America is able to accept having a person of color, a woman, a gay man or lesbian, or a Muslim [fill in the blank] without questioning if the country is becoming "communist" or "socialist" or "ungodly" or whatever nonsense for which their pearls are clutched.
Thank you for this piece, translated in French here : https://zanzibar.substack.com/p/nee-un-4-juillet-pour-le-pire-il
Funny how they don’t boast that DJT was the first convicted felon elected POTUS.
Well said, Alisa. That whole business of "firsts" has always bothered me for the exact reasons that you describe.
Yes! The IHMs nuns in one class talked about this atleast in regard to television and steel. I have never forgotten this great tidbit and that was just the tip of the historical iceberg. Thomas Cahill brought in his book How the Irish Saved Civilization out how the isolated monks transcribed ancient global manuscripts but really left out several other critical humans . So good to know and one of the great things I find in history there are always others working somehow in conjunction with you.
Headlines in the US are directed to catch the eye of the uneducated rage readers. The curtain is slowly being pulled back and the world is seeing how ignorant America truly is, in relation to the feats already achieved by earlier civilizations and seen as “firsts” in America. Sad!!!
It absolutely enrages me when Christian Nationalists or White Nationalists, or other well-meaning but ignorant people try to claim US as somehow belongs to them. I'm not even sure which group bugs me the most. They all have that smug self-satisfaction and why does JD jump into my mind? He knows better. Stephen Miller is a true believer, I think. Hegseth is bursting with his new power. In a different age, a different country, he probably would have been a Nazi.
But the gum-chewing Red Caps also infuriate me. Didn't anyone ever tell them that America was barely a twinkle in anyone's eye when huge empires already existed, empires that valued education, created breathtakingly exquisite art and architecture? Some even gave women leadership roles.
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Brilliant! Thank you.
Always such original revelations, Alisa. Thank you for opening my mind
you are amazing!
thank-you especially this week that celebrations for the 250th of this republic are taking so much space; even though indigenous peoples have been in this continent for 1000s of years, when will their nations be celebrated!
Great piece. We need to be humbled and put in our place and for god sake, even KNOW our place. Not sure how that’s ever going to happen
Great article! I'm glad you brought this up and you did it so well! My wonderment is how long before America is able to accept having a person of color, a woman, a gay man or lesbian, or a Muslim [fill in the blank] without questioning if the country is becoming "communist" or "socialist" or "ungodly" or whatever nonsense for which their pearls are clutched.
Well done. I appreciate the authenticity of your articles. You have a gift.
How should we weigh SHARIA LAW and Democracy ? Thank you for your thoughts.
My time reading your work is never, never a waste. Thank you!
Preach!!!! We've been spoon fed a lot of propaganda. Now we're choking on it.