(The featured art is from the British magazine “Punch” in September, 1914, and it reads “God and Women our Shield!”) World War I began in August, 1914, with an invasion by Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany into France, essentially to finish a…
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Monty Python Philosophy Football, 1970s
Monty Python best described the contest between competing philosophies with a soccer match: (Listen closely, because Karl Marx comes off the bench at the closing minute, game tied, 0-0, then argues “Off-side” when Greeks score.)
Wahr —What to Look For in our Near Future, another 1776?
It’s important you know the various types of “wahr” this can turn into. America was involved in all sorts of wars after our Revolution of 1775-1782, which secured our freedom. Just 30 years later there was the War of 1812…