Daily Archives: January 11, 2017

Hugh Trevor-Roper on Africa

From the Wikipedia page for the late Oxford historian Hugh Trevor-Roper: Another aspect of Trevor-Roper’s outlook on history and on scholarly research that has inspired controversy, is his claim about the historical experiences of pre-literate societies. In accordance with Hegel … Continue reading

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Farewell to the Farewell Address

The messianic adulation The Organizer received last night, before/during/after his ‘Farewell Address’, puts on clear display the mess the Democratic Party finds itself in: They have no bench. BO’s ascendancy and reign was a political outlier, having less to do … Continue reading

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