(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…
Category: How Things Work
To be American, American Exceptionalism and Assimilation- How Things Worked
I think there is a general misconception of just what assimilation means to the ideal of “to be American”. To understand American exceptionalism you must first realize that it was created by the American people, not scholars nor political theoreticians. It…
Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?- Kipling’s Law
“I had six honest serving men who taught me all I know. They were, Who, What, Where, When, Why and How” That title line is from Rudyard Kipling, and who is also my first grandson’s namesake. Why my eldest son…