Future historians will marvel at all this. It will seem obvious by 2033, if not sooner, that the pax americana faced a well-coordinated challenge from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea in the early 2020s. The first move was the invasion of Ukraine. The second was the war of Iran’s proxies against Israel. The third will most likely be a Chinese challenge to American primacy in the Indo-Pacific, perhaps — if Xi Jinping is bold — a blockade of Taiwan. 7/10
Learning about Eugene O’Neill’s place in Irish theater today @uiccsanfran as ILHS presents Dan McGovern, president of O’Neill society Tao House at Danville. @IrelandinSF “...O’Neill, the great poet of the Irish combination of love and hate...”
“After a year of living Trumpily, the sky has not fallen, at least not where I live. Here in west Cambridge, the only thing falling from the sky is money.”
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Kate Kennedy was the first teacher in #SF to join a union & the first woman to run for state office - Superintendent of Public Schools in 1886, despite the fact that women did not have the right to vote! A pioneering labor, education & women’s rights activist #IrishintheWest