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History is a battleground. By history, I am not referring to simply an abstract concept of an academic discipline. I am referring to people, buildings, and artifacts which are the physical manifestations of history. The people involved include historians, archivists, librarians, preservationists, archaeologists, teachers, museum curators and their organizations, and cultural heritage among others. The […]
Normally, Hudson River Art and Trump’s Arch are not linked together. The Hudson River artists painted the sublime and the beautiful, as if the scene was part of God’s Eden. By contrast the arch is a monstrosity dedicated to the vanity by his own admission of one person. The artists sought to record the view […]
The fictional figure of Captain Queeg is a well-known, not beloved figure from the book, play and movie “The Caine Mutiny.” Only recently did I realize the resemblance with Donald Trump. It was his reflecting pool obsession that sealed the comparison. Here are some paraphrased excerpts from Wikipedia about Queeg including incidents that people may […]
Donald Trump’s favorite word is “tariff.” He said so. Numerous times. This is one instance where I believe he is telling the truth. The logical question then is what does he mean on Earth Two when he uses the term? And how does it compare to what it means on Earth One? WHARTON SCHOOL Donald […]
Talk of regime change is in the air. The current Trump War in Iran is predicated on the Iranian people rising up and demanding a regime change due to the American and Israeli military action. Regime change to what? At no point have we suggested what the new regime should be. For example, Make Persia […]
Prayer for America There is much that needs to be done And even more that we can do. We may fail; we have no guarantee of success But a destiny awaits that only We the People can fulfill. For as this vibrant ball of blue sails the celestial void, We stand on the shoulders of […]
Date: February 15, 2026 Time: 3:00-5:00 PM Location: Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY Speakers: Michael Lucas, New York State Museum and Michael Pappalardo, AKRF Register: To register click here In 2010, archaeologists monitoring excavation at the World Trade Center redevelopment site made an extraordinary discovery: the remains of an 18th-century wooden gunboat buried deep […]
The blog on the The American Historical Association Conference Summary for 2025 ended with a reference to the vote in the business meeting to condemn Israel for its actions in Gaza (The Hamas Wing versus the Hamilton Wing at the American Historical Association Conference). The last line was “Who knows what will happen as this […]
“…the Trump administration pushes to punish speech it dislikes and to impose its patriotic vision of American history on schools.” “As recently as last year, many social studies teachers reported success in withstanding political pressure. Now there is growing evidence that the landscape is shifting.” “Over the last five years, more than 20 states have […]
The war on history continues. A lot has happened in the past year. On November 24, 2024, I published the first of a six-blog series on What Are American Students Learning about US History?, about a two-year study by the American Historical Association. See below for the links to the six blogs. Now almost exactly […]
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
