Ken Burns

The speech

Acting on a recommendation, I video-on-demanded “The King’s Speech” last night at Amazon. Who can resist these kinds of stories when they’re done well? “Born Yesterday,” “My Fair Lady” and so on. We cheer for the student and for the relationship. Rags to riches. Love conquering all. I was caught off guard, then, by how […]

The recent unpleasantness

I decided to major in history midway through college because the classes were within easy walking distance of my dorm. Simple as that. And by the time I graduated, whether owing to the baseness of my motives or something to do with the courses themselves, what had begun as a mild interest in antiquity had […]

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