January 2010
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Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History →
champagnecandy:
fyeahsocialism:
Howard Zinn, my hero, teacher, and friend died of a heart attack on Wednesday at the age of 87. With his death, we lose a man who did nothing less than rewrite the narrative of the United States. We lose a historian who also made history.
Anyone who believes that the United States is immune to radical politics never attended a lecture by Howard Zinn. The rooms...
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Haiti's earthquake was 'long overdue' →
The largest earthquakes Haiti has experienced hit in 1751, 1770, 1842, 1860 and 1887, according to Mann’s 2005 book, Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Offshore Areas.
(ha ha —- history and science)
I suppose this is the kind of evidence — both historic and scienfic —that has led to the closing and replacing of schools, in...
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Sir Isaac Newton was born on 4 January 1643
There is an interesting story linked to Isaac Newton during the period when he was supposed to practise farming. A steep hill is situated between Grantham and Woolsthorpe. It was a usual practice to dismount and lead one’s horse to the top of the hill before remounting. It is said that one day Newton arrived home with a book in one hand and the bridle in the other, his horse trotting behind him, as he had forgotten to remount. Throughout his life he had this habit of forgetfullness.
