Jack Henneman. Telling the history of the lands making up the United States from the beginning, without (intentional) presentism. Michigan Law '86 @TheFireorg
When I was in the 6th grade, my teacher tried to tell the class that 1/7=0.7
I'm like "no, it doesn't."
Teacher: Then what does 1/7 equal?
Me: Goes up to blackboard and divides it out to several places.
Fortunately for me, the teacher wasn't retributive.
In the middle of Ken Burns’ “Baseball,” George Will explains American democracy in terms largely forgotten by partisans and journalists today. Please watch and spread around!
1/Drake is actually a redemption story. Yes, as a very young man on board his cousin's ship, he was along on a slave trading mission. But that changed in 1573, when he was only 25, and allied himself with escaped formerly enslaved Blacks in Panama.
This line of thinking is incredibly tedious. Since every country can *always* spend more on healthcare or free housing or whatever, there were never be a dime spent on anything interesting, or advancing, or artistic, if such people were in charge.
5/ The "cancellation" of Drake is a great example of the problem with the whole idea -- how much better off would the students have been if they had learned the story of his redemption? Isn't the possibility and *reality* of personal change in the 16th C. inspiring for us all?
Most of those things are much easier to do than in days of yore because, you know, the web. To book a flight easily you had to visit a travel agent. Finding a doctor was word of mouth. Comparing insurance was impossible. No Zillow to find a house. Now it is a comparative snap.