Currently reading
Don't Know Much About History.
Highly recommended.
Covers U.S. history from Columbus to Dubya,
stitching those vague scraps
you gleaned from high-school football coaches
onto a cohesive tapestry.
I'm thinking about the Bible one, since, y'know, I don't.
The history book is dispiriting. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Like, manufacturing a war that is pretending to "liberate a country" but actually serves our own commercial interests. Iraq? Sure, but also Cuba, the Phillipines, and Panama. (And I'm only up to 1907, so I expect we'll see more of this...)
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I'm thinking about the Bible one, since, y'know, I don't.
The history book is dispiriting. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Like, manufacturing a war that is pretending to "liberate a country" but actually serves our own commercial interests. Iraq? Sure, but also Cuba, the Phillipines, and Panama. (And I'm only up to 1907, so I expect we'll see more of this...)
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