If you did long enough in a big dataset you can find all sorts of coincidences. And yes, I've heard some of these coincidences between Lincoln and Kennedy before. But for the additional ones adduced here, the clip is worth listening to.
It's a little late, but better late than . . .
I'd heard about the 20th Maine's heroism, but this was my first time hearing about the equally heroic First Minnesota.
"It’s reminiscent of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' in which the Black Knight taunts King Arthur even as the king cuts his limbs off one by one."
Very positive review of a new book out that chronicles the mistakes the Establishment made in the COVID pandemic and that provides a "methodical exploration of the many claims made by public health experts, elected officials, and media outlets is an example of one definition of a reckoning, as the process of calculating something—in this case, the sheer number of claims about safety and risk and their validity."
UPDATE: Link fixed now.
The battle of Vella Gulf: Three Japanese ships sunk, 1500 Japanese deaths, with zero American casualties.
A useful reminder about how quickly some latest-and-greatest technologies deflate.
The bubble inflated quickly, with share prices in British bicycle companies tripling in the space of months in 1896, even as the number of bicycle companies expanded more than five-fold.
But then a flood of low-cost American bikes invaded the market, and the mood soured.
Yes, indeed.
the exact moment my trust in our public health experts began to erode was in June 2020 when they said "racism is a public health issue and therefore it's okay to gather in public in the middle of a pandemic."
Interview with the author of the recent book, An Abundance of Caution. The author is quite blunt and specific in placing blame.
I disagree: I remember it pretty well.
I didn't know Herbert Hoover was such a mensch.