Category Archives: History Made Fun

Charlottesville

Posted on August 20, 2017 by tucsonmike

You’ll get some history, with me analyzing and connecting dots.  You’ll also get my sarcasm, free of charge. No doubt, you’ve read and seen many news stories about what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12th, 2017.       This is … Continue reading →

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A Tongue in Cheek History of Ireland

Posted on December 3, 2016 by tucsonmike

Many of my readers have read my History Made Fun stuff.  I want to travel to Ireland and thought I would do my tongue in cheek Irish History. Why am I writing this?  I’m Jewish, not Irish. According to DNA, … Continue reading →

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Book Review

Posted on August 28, 2016 by tucsonmike

I am going to concentrate on my series Reading History Like a Novel, but will begin here with a book review.  

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The Metropolitan Museum. Chinese Calligraphy and Charles James Fashion.

Posted on August 8, 2014 by tucsonmike

Elaine wants to see the Charles James exhibit, as does my dear friend Dr. Rita Pettiford, who came in from New Jersey to see it.  (Rita is helping someone write a book about this and she is my glamorous friend … Continue reading →

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The Triple Package by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld.

Posted on July 27, 2014 by tucsonmike

Amy Chua is known by many as the “Tiger Mom.”  Jed Rubenfeld is her husband and they both teach at Yale.  You already have the power couple of New Haven, Connecticut. The Triple Package is three things that make certain … Continue reading →

Posted in A Sarcastic Look at Life, Anxiety, Chinese Americans, Cuba, Cubans, Fidel Castro, History Made Fun, Igbo, Indian Americans., Jews, Mormons, Neurotic, Nigerian Americans, Nigerians, Sigmund Freud, Tiger Mom, Yoruba | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Race and Genetics Time Magazine.

Posted on July 27, 2014 by tucsonmike

Click on Time Magazine for the article.  I’ve written before about Genetics and Politics.  What about Genetics and History?  The author is the former New York Times Science Editor, Nicholas Wade.   Take a look at the following passage from … Continue reading →

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Ah Sarcasm and H.L. Mencken.

Posted on April 23, 2014 by tucsonmike

I scared myself.  With my sarcastic look at life, I may grow up to be the Twenty-first Century H.L. Mencken.    Mencken, the scribe of Baltimore.  (There have been other Baltimore scribes, they do have a newspaper you know, it’s … Continue reading →

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Political Science and the Brain

Posted on April 19, 2014 by tucsonmike

I just finished a book by three political science professors, John R. Hibbing, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Alford, called Predisposed, Liberals, Conservatives and the Biology of Political Differences. First I will start with their talk about City College … Continue reading →

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Alternative History: Good or Bad.

Posted on March 28, 2014 by tucsonmike

Those who know me know I write mainly historical fiction.  I play with alternative scenarios all the time.  I have to fill in dialog, because I can only guess as to what was said. Look at Steampunk.  Same thing.  Alternative … Continue reading →

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What Made the United States Civil Rights Movement Possible?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by tucsonmike

I asked the question What made the United States Civil Rights Movement possible of my friend and author of African-American History for Dummies, Ronda Racha Penrice. She reminded me, (I am an old person, I sometimes forget things), that in … Continue reading →

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