I’ve always had an interest in the history of history. For one, that historians are even remotely interested in the lives of ordinary people is a relatively modern notion. 3000 years ago, even 600 years ago, the historian was that 1…
Category: Elitism and Class
Why did John Wilkes Booth call Abraham Lincoln a “Tyrant”?
When John Wilkes Booth put a bullet in Abraham Lincoln’s head at Ford’s Theatre on April 14th.1865, he jumped over the balcony rail onto the stage, broke his leg, then stood up, faced the audience, and proclaimed “Sic semper Tyrannis”, or “thus always to…
“Leave the Bottle Full for Others”- Desert Pete
“Thank you kindly, Desert Pete” Billy Edd Wheeler was the O. Henry of folk music in the 60’s. I don’t recall him writing a single political lyric, not even sex. Just stories. Most had morals. He did write about a long-legged…