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Teaching Americas Flaws

We've got plenty, but they are not our complete story

Sep 19 • John Beatty

Jacquard and His Cards

Invent a loom, revolutionize an industry, enable another.

Sep 12 • John Beatty

So, summer ends again…

Sep 7 • John Beatty

Stitches in Time

A huge artwork of unclear origins that has bounced around Europe for nearly a thousand years depicts the Battle of Hastings.

Sep 5 • John Beatty

August 2026

The Korean Conflict, 1950-53 Reconsidered

Who lost, who won, and what

Aug 29 • John Beatty

Historian's Intellectual Malpractice

We have one job; politics ain't it.

Aug 22 • John Beatty

Nightmare's End

Aug 15 • John Beatty

AS Johnston and The Lost Cause

Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Aug 8 • John Beatty

The Roots of Samurai Rage XII

The Hopeless War on the Horizon

Aug 1 • John Beatty

July 2026

Last Stand In Korea

UN Troops Hold Outpost Harry Against 13,000 Chinese

Jul 25 • John Beatty

Long-Lost Memoir of a War of 1812 Soldier Discovered

How history comes alive

Jul 18 • John Beatty

Oldest Known Transportation Technology

More pieces of the puzzle.

Jul 11 • John Beatty

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