Historian of the grand sweep of American History (including Disney). Most recently the author of Eisenhower & the Holocaust. Always a proud dad.
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31 October 1973. 1st episode of the 26-part classic ITV documentary series World at War was broadcast. It was narrated by Laurence Olivier with music by Carl Davies. It cost £900,000 (worth £11 million today).
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Patrick Stewart's stories from DUNE are pretty great. There's a whole thing about how David Lynch was disappointed when he showed up because ... well, I won't spoil it. And then this, on his first conversation with Sting, is quite funny:
Patrick Stewart was amazing, a bygone sort of actor with working-class ethics and classical aesthetics. One of the most generally beloved men in Hollywood. Could play a nasty villain! Great actor, he will be missed. thebulwark.com/p/patrick-ste…
I had a wonderful time speaking to the Indianapolis World War 2 Roundtable tonight about Eisenhower & the Holocaust. Great crowd and great questions.
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Thoughts by @James1940 on Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Bavaria, recently destroyed by arson. Do we eradicate all signs of Nazism or keep some as a reminder of those chilling times? As it's largely constructed of stone, it will probably be rebuilt.
james1940.substack.com/p/the…?
Three years ago, Eisenhower & the Holocaust was published. Three years later, I’m still giving talks about it. And hopefully, within the next three years, a sequel (of sorts) will be finished. degruyterbrill.com/document/…
Monday, October 26. If you are in the Indianapolis area come here me speak about Eisenhower & the Holocaust to Indianapolis World War II Roundtable at 7pm.
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Rolling in to Vienna and reminded that, if you go strictly off of cuisine, the capital of what was once one of Europe’s great empires is basically the culinary equivalent of Indiana.*
*This is not a criticism of Austria or Indiana. Real ones know.
Rewatching “Goldfinger”—just realized that whatever the other implications in the Bond film universe, the leadership of the American organized crime is essentially wiped out.
Digging into the latest from @guywalters tonight. That it will provide some background to my own new project so much the better.
Sad to learn of the passing of my former colleague @IUILiberalArts @AnitaMorganhist —she was a wonderful historian and teacher.
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For the second time as an historian I was entrusted with with telling a congregation’s history. Thank you Tabernacle Presbyterian for that honor and Indiana Historical Society and Ray Boomhower making it happen! #book9
Best thing you can do sometimes as a writer is write. Spent today writing an historical overview about religion, social gospel, Catholic social doctrine and American politics. And then I did some writing on my “Abyss” project follow up to Ike and the Holocaust. Progress!
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In April 1945, with Axis defeat looming, Britain sent General Sir Andrew Thorne to Trent Park with a dramatic proposal:
Would captured German generals broadcast a surrender appeal to end the war and save lives?
Their response was astonishing:
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You don't have to believe that AI will kill us all to see that it presents real and present dangers to human freedom even if it didn't progress one step further from current, publicly available commercial models.
AI is making us dumber, more dependent, and fraudulent.
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MIT gets it.
“MIT wants to rebuild education around the things AI can't replace. That means oral exams, semester portfolios, in-person project work, and a required social component in every subject. The report even floats the idea of rethinking grades entirely, since without a GPA to optimize, much of the incentive to cheat with AI evaporates.”
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My brief explainer of the AfD landslide victory we've just seen in Saxony-Anhalt and why we should be cautious with historical comparisons 👇
The AfD landslide: explained
@hoyer_kat on Germany’s populist revolt, why voters are angry and why this is not a ‘Weimar moment’.
Watch and let us know what you think below👇
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Okay I’m not sure I can be on this tomorrow. That made me cry.
Tomorrow is a go pray and touch grass day.
We should have made it a federal holiday years ago to encourage civic — American — life.
Getting to see the “vengeance” weapons up close @I_W_M last week is already benefiting my research project (and hopefully an eventual book).
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Richard Brookhiser - "The Hero Returns: Lafayette and the Legacy of Revolution" | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History gilderlehrman.org/history-re…
What I said.