Thursday, March 23, 2017

Remembering the U.S.-Mexico War (1846-1848): A Soldier’s Story

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http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2016/04/GettyImages-113492973-E.jpeg Sometime at the end of September, 1846, blacksmith John Gallagher...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Reviewed: Eric Foner’s A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

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Foner, Eric. A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 . New York: Harper Perennial, 1990. Pp. 297. T he story o...
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Concerning the Longue Durée, universal history, and “big history”

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A  central concern of historians is what the appropriate time-scale of history ought to be. David Armitage indicates ...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2016: Finals Preview

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeW1bXlWEAEgpc_.jpg A nd then there were two. The long slog of the NHL playoffs will culminate i...
Thursday, May 12, 2016

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2016: Round 3 Preview

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeW1bXlWEAEgpc_.jpg A nd then there were four. The Conference Finals begin tomorrow for the chan...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Blood-stained Phantoms: What Ambrose Bierce Saw at Shiloh

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de Thulstrup, Thure. Battle of Shiloh. (1888). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1281915 T his ...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2016: Round 2 Preview

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeW1bXlWEAEgpc_.jpg D ue to a scheduling quirk,   the 2016  NHL  Playoffs for  Round 1 en...
Monday, April 11, 2016

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2016: Round 1 Preview

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeW1bXlWEAEgpc_.jpg Another entertaining  NHL regular season came to a close on April 10th and hockey fa...