New Cliopolitan entry, a quickie about Occupy movement. Read, comment, click, forward!

So I'm reading several very interesting books right now.  One is about the Lehman Brothers collapse in '08, called A Colossal Failure of Common Sense.  It is really very dense going so after getting a concentrated lesson on convertible bonds and securitization, I literally have to stop reading for a little while to let it sink in.  But I am ( Read more... )

Rest in peace, Allison, Sandy, Jeffrey and  Bill.

And for those of you Guardsmen who turned and fired on unarmed students, some of whom were merely walking to class--you have to live the rest of your life with what you've done.  I want you to see all the news stories about today, the 40th anniversary of Kent State, and remember the lives you ended ( Read more... )

I was editing my last entry about Kent State (to add the link to the photo of Jeff Miller lying in the room) and while searching for the photo online, found this. This could be either really interesting or cringe-inducing. I love living history--I was always into dioramas and pageants and stuff like that. I love being reminded that "this person ( Read more... )

It's weird, though, I always think of May 4 as the day of the Kent State massacre (May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, after a weekend of protest following Nixon's incursion into Cambodia). Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'...Four Dead in Ohio.... That song is so haunting--I first learned about this event in college when I read a book by James Michener ( Read more... )