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A Wonderful World History, Neither Impartial Nor Complete

Ernst Gombrich (1909-2001) has given us a posthumous gift.
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Ernst Gombrich (1909-2001) has given us a posthumous gift.

At the end of a long and productive life, the wise, curious, generous, opinionated and angelically l  read more »

Anonymous Does History: Ex-F.O.B. on the Age of Clinton

The modern Democratic Party, like New York itself, came into itsown around the time of the Erie Cana  read more »

It Ain't No Freak Show!, Side Show Is Bland and Clichéd

I was sold at auction recently, and it happened like this.The New York Observer , which you adore, h  read more »