If they are such literalists about the Constitution, then how come they don't make a fuss about belonging to a "well regulated Militia" being the stated purpose for owning guns?

"US vice-president, JD Vance, a Catholic, telling Fox News the Vatican should 'stick to morality' and church affairs and let the president 'stick to dictating US public policy'."

Does that mean that Vance thinks Pope Pius XII was right not to criticize German public policy in the 1930s and 1940s?

At this point, the media should be acquainting everyone with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.

The Connection Between the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the KKK The Birth of a Nation’s success and wide distribution increased national interest in the post-Civil War Klan. In Atlanta, the film served as an inspiration and a guide for the leaders of two early 20t...

By the way...
Georgia:
www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/the-con...

United Daughters of the Confederacy - Encyclopedia Virginia Founding United Daughters of the Confederacy Group The United Daughters of the Confederacy was formed on September 10, 1894, in Nashville, Tennessee, by Caroline Meriwether Goodlett and Anna Mitchell ...

Virginia:
encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/unit...

The Connection Between the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the KKK The Birth of a Nation’s success and wide distribution increased national interest in the post-Civil War Klan. In Atlanta, the film served as an inspiration and a guide for the leaders of two early 20t...

Georgia:
www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/the-con...

The United Daughters of the Confederacy: History and Influence Explore the history, objectives, and influence of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), a women's heritage organization dedicated to honoring Confederate veterans and promoting the Lost Cause...

Texas:
www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...

Introspection is a modern invention?
Remind me who said, “The unexamined life is not worth living," and when he said it.

Sounds like they might land a Marine expeditionary brigade near Da Nang, Iran.

War dies Karl Scheffers Vorschlag?

“Hauptbeschuldigter ist der aus Leipzig stammende und bereits vor Jahren nach Moskau geflüchtete Verlagsinhaber und Rechtsextremist Adrian P. […] Offenbar duldet die russische Regierung den Neonazi.”

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Did something happen in 2016 that led to this? Hmmm, I can't think of anything.

#ButHerEmails

She might be more comfortable vacationing in Hungary or Israel.

Germany news: Far-right AfD polls 37% ahead of state vote The far-right AfD is polling way ahead of rivals in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania where elections are planned later this year. Meanwhile, firefighters were called to Berlin's Reich...

Wait, did someone say, “37%”?

www.dw.com/en/germany-n...

Now let’s see a snow-Attlee.

And what if you don’t want to take 900 history books with you to your retirement home?

The natural thing would be the donate them to the university library, but what if your library says, “No thanks. We only collect e-books now”? And what if you have no grad students who want them? Then what?

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Question for the academics here:
Let’s say you’ve been a professor or lecturer for 35 years. In that time you have amassed a huge collection of books on the history of Germany, Mexico, China, or whatever your geographic specialty was. What do you do with them when you retire?

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Leaving aside the man’s politics, why was the head of the FBI partying with the hockey team? Just on the face of it, it’s extremely odd.
I’m sure it never occurred to William Webster to intrude in the locker room celebration of the Miracle on Ice team in 1980 or any American Olympic team.

Berlin remains a 2036 candidate for Olympics despite concern over Nazi Games anniversary Germany will remain in the running for the 2036 Summer Olympics despite its president expressing concern about the 100th anniversary of the Nazi-era Berlin Games, the nation's Olympic sports head Thom...

Are they really that tone-deaf?

www.reuters.com/sports/berli...

And I’m not the only one.

p.dw.com/p/5958D

Berliner Staatsbibliothek schließt für elf Jahre Ab 2030 wird die Staatsbibliothek in Berlin-Tiergarten für elf Jahre zur Baustelle. Was bedeutet das für Besucher und was passiert mit den Millionen von Büchern in dieser Zeit?

Zuerst waren es das Deutsche Historische Museum im Zeughaus, das Pergamonmuseum und das Märkische Museum. Und jetzt die Staatsbibliothek? Für elf Jahre?!

In dieser Zeit könnte man eine neue Staatsbibliothek bauen (aber offenbar keinen Flughafen).

www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitr...

There was literally an international hit pop song about this very phenomenon back in 1983.

"Hast du etwas Zeit für mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich von 99 Luftballons auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont..."

I wonder what she thinks of opera. Most Americans don’t speak Italian or German either.

In Bonn, a cloister was turned into a concentration camp (transit camp) for Jews en route to death camps. And for many years in the 20th century, it was used as a dormitory for female students at Uni Bonn et al. Now it's a seminary for priests.

Should I Let My Family Know That Our Cherished ‘Origin Story’ Is Bogus?

Your Polish-American family's story of immigration is full of exaggerations & falsehoods? And now that you have expertise on the subject, you're wondering if you should tell your relatives?
Every American Jewish historian of mod. J. history has just entered the chat.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/m...

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The Louvre Thieves Dropped This Priceless Crown. Now It Looks Like This.

The New York Times published photos of Empress Eugenie’s squashed crown. I can’t help but think that it’s a metaphor for the French Second Empire itself.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/w...

Hitlers Volksstaat - Götz Aly | S. Fischer Verlage Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges verwandelte die Regierung Hitler den Staat in eine Raubmaschine ohne Beispiel. Die große Mehrheit der Deutschen stellte sie mit...

Wieder relevant?

www.fischerverlage.de/buch/goetz-a...

Surely I’m not the only one who thinks that Berlin Olympics ‘36 is best avoided.

p.dw.com/p/57kv1

You have to wonder how much Canadians would miss them if they did secede.