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History organizations do not have the option of operating in isolation from the world around them. June 14, 2025, was an historic day: It was the 250th anniversary of the founding of the army celebrated with a parade in the nation’s capital. It was the 79th birthday of the president of the United States celebrated […]
January 3, 2021, was the day I first started writing about political action thrillers (Seven Days in January: This Time It Is Not a Movie). Little did I know what was about to happen three days later. The great political action thrillers used to have a Cold War model, sometimes derived from the Cuban Missile […]
America’s third civil war ratcheted up with the deployment of troops to Los Angeles. Remember we are not only celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we are reliving it. History may not repeat itself but it certainly does rhyme. The current civil war combines elements of all three civil wars. First there is […]
Is it 2028 already? It seems like only yesterday when it was the First 100 days. At that point, everything seem to be going well for the President. He along with his sidekick Elon Musk were running roughshod over the government bureaucracy. They were doing everything they could to decimate the American position in the […]
Once upon a time, the United States was a can-do country. In 2025, we are celebrating the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal begun in 1817 in Rome, New York. The Marquis de Lafayette in his return trip to the United States in 1824-1825 actually traveled portions of the Erie Canal in June […]
The Trump Muskacre will become a distinct period in American history. True it continues to unfold so determining the true cost of the purported cost-savings project will take time. But it appears that its days are waning although its affects will be ongoing. Ostensibly it is commissioned to detect cost savings, inefficiencies and waste in […]
The America 250th is alive and well. For so long the celebration has been in the doldrums. With that funny hard to pronounce name – semiquincentennial – the 250th has had a tough time competing with the Bicentennial. The 250th was a pale imitation of what had transpired a mere 50 years ago. The national […]
The history community no longer has the option of ignoring the political arena. As much as people would like to be left alone to mount their exhibits, catalog their artifacts, and conduct class trips, those activities are from the days of innocence. Practically every other day I receive a notice from the American Historical Association. […]
Recently the subject of history literacy was raised. I don’t recall the exact circumstances or by whom. Every day I delayed in posting this blog, it seems as if another moment in history had occurred. Thinking about these historic times was the impetus for a need to organize my thoughts and not approach everything piecemeal. […]
Move over Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Stand aside Hector and Achilles. The biblical O.K. Corral is back. The ultimate showdown at high noon has returned to the small screen. The “House of David” has premiered on Amazon Prime Video. It is part of the original faith-based programming that made “The Chosen” about the life of Jesus […]
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
