Click Here to Read: Spike Lee and the Battlefield of American History with his new film, the peerless American filmmaker — self-isolating and eflective in New York — unsettles past and present conflicts by By Reggie Ugwu in the New York Times on May 21, 2020.
Image: José Cruz/ABr. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Category: History
America’s Pandemic Role Reversal: Over There Is Now Over Here
The China Question
Click Here to Read: The China Question: In matters of trade and manufacturing, the United States has not been the naive victim of cunning Chinese masterminds. We asked for this by Michael Lind on the Tablet website on May 19, 2020.
Continuing discussions about the trade relationship between the United States and China, USTR Robert Lighthizer leads the United States delegation in principal-level trade meetings with officials from China, led by Vice Premier Liu He. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour). Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
What a Difference a ‘J’ Makes
ClicK Here to Read: What a Difference a ‘J’ Makes: The history of religious identification in military insignia—and how Jewish symbols evolved
by Jenna Weissman Joselit on the Tablet Website on Mat 20, 2020.
Staff Sgt. Xhevair Maskuli, external influence analyst, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, follows along in the Jewish Prayer Book, Victory Chapel, Camp Victory, Sept. 11. Image: Pfc. Karin Leach. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
We now have more evidence that Galileo likely never said “And yet it moves”
Click Here to Read: We now have more evidence that Galileo likely never said “And yet it moves”: Astrophysicist Mario Livio talks about his new book Galileo and the Science Deniers by Jennifer Ouellette on the Ars Technica website on May 17, 2020.
Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Justus Sustemans Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
