The Unassuming Scholar's Weblog
Desultory Thoughts on Society, Culture, and Higher (Mis-) Education
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Lessons Unlearned
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John Walker Lindh is a free man, sort of. You remember John Walker Lindh? The so-called American Taliban. The California native tu...
Saturday, January 5, 2019
A Paradise on Earth: Part 8 - Those Who Do Not Remember the Past...
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Tragedies in America are ephemeral. The information barrage brought by the 24/7 news cycle and social media gives little time to process...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
A Paradise on Earth: Part 7 - The Reckoning
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The sight which greeted the first people to enter Jonestown on the morning of November 19, 1978, beggared description. The TV news image...
Saturday, December 22, 2018
A Paradise on Earth: Part 6 - Exeunt
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“I believe that the balance of the evidence about using cyanide indicates it is best not used.” Derek Humphry, Final Exit Cyanid...
Thursday, December 20, 2018
A Paradise on Earth: Part 5 - Endgame
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Jim Jones had a complicated personal life. He was raised in a time in which the nuclear family of dad, mom, and kids was the norm to...
Saturday, December 8, 2018
A Paradise on Earth: Part 4 - Exodus
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They arrived gradually, then all at once. For its first two years or so, Jonestown’s permanent party consisted of around fifty people....
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