Is the tragedy of history that we have to repeat it to ourselves? That it's left us, and if we don't record it -- then read it -- it almost never happened? Clearly, the implications and ramifications of history are everywhere -- cause and effect are basic laws of the universe ( Read more... )

sometimes, i want to cry equal parts from happiness at the discovery of things -- small things, right? historical anecdotes that will mean nothing to anyone not reading along -- and from the mind-bending horror of what those things mean. sometimes this project makes me feel so helpless, that the only thing i can accomplish is to articulate the one ( Read more... )