Emily Sweeney wrote an article for The Boston Globe titled The secret life of Boston’s street corner fire alarm boxes (16 April 2026).
Continue reading “Boston’s fire alarm telegraph system has been in operation since April 28, 1852.”18th Century English: capitalizing common nouns and long S
An article titled Eighteenth-Century Grammars on the British Literature Wiki (hosted by University of Delaware) explains when the capitalization of common nouns (substantives) came in and out of fashion, the use of the long s in English, and more.
Continue reading “18th Century English: capitalizing common nouns and long S”Ludwig Erhard, Germany’s first Minister of Economics
Lawrence W. Reed wrote an article titled Ludwig Erhard: Architect of a Miracle. Erhard was the first Minister of Economic Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, a position he held from 1949 to 1963.
Continue reading “Ludwig Erhard, Germany’s first Minister of Economics”History of illustration and propaganda art
D.B. Dowd wrote an article for Hyperallergic titled How Early US Propaganda Grew Out of a Society of Illustrators. Continue reading “History of illustration and propaganda art”
history education and civics
Stephen Sawchuk wrote an article for Education Week titled How History Class Divides Us (October 23, 2018). Continue reading “history education and civics”
Chumocracy
I love the terms “chumocracy” and “chumocrat” used in this NYT Opinion piece (Jan. 17, 2019). The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class
“Such a pattern of egotistic and destructive behavior by the British elite flabbergasts many people today. But it was already manifest seven decades ago during Britain’s rash exit from India.”
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