In honor of the long-term host of "Jeopardy," who died a few days ago, what is the question for the following answer? "Belarus, the United States, Zimbabwe"?
Why does the NY Times (and other experts) continually compare the current economic collapse only with bear markets since 1987? The Dow Jones fell from 381 before October 1929 to 41 in July 1932 -- and had recovered ony to 150 by the end of 1939. Do the math.
@RWPUSA Not yet a saint -- beatification isn't canonization, which will require evidence or testimony of two miracles. For one of them the Church should be willing to count, "The Idea of a university," which bears rereading in this age of asking whether education pays.
Could this new saint of the Roman Catholic Church today get a teaching job in a parochial school in Indiana?
Bill Barr's DOJ amicus brief will say no.
Religious freedom?
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WIGH co-chair Charles Maier reflects on 50 years at Harvard, and his ambitious new project for a history of the past 100 years "that can accommodate or allow for an unhappy outcome as well as a triumphant ending."
Three recent reads revealing where nation and empire meet: Raja Adal, "Beauty in the Age of Empire: Japan, Egypt, & Global History of Aesthetic Education"; Andreas Rapini, "History of the Vespa"; and George Packer's brilliant "Our Man" (on Richard Holbrooke across 50 years).