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Marker: "90 Miles to Cuba. Southernmost Point, Continental USA. Key West, FL"

Rethinking Cuba Libre

… and to oppose the inter-American meeting. There was an assassination of a leader in Bogotá that had nothing to do …
Monica Lewinsky's official government ID photo from 1997.

Another Watergate?

… intended to implicate President Kennedy in the 1963 assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem; exchanging …
Emancipation Memorial Statue

Emancipation by What Means?

Review of The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom, by H.W. Brands (New York: Doubleday, 2020)
… it was common in the decades following Abraham Lincoln’s assassination to identify him as the “Great Emancipator,” …
Rush hour traffic in Interstate 95 in Miami.

Finally, Too Many Cars

… milestone in 1968. Amid the turmoil of war, riots and assassinations, few people noticed that the year ended with …
Cover of Caesar A Life in Western Culture by Maria Wyke.

A Man for All Seasons

Review of Caesar: A Life in Western Culture, by Maria Wyke (Chicago 2008)
… time as the first man at Rome, his dictatorship and assassination.   The final chapter (9) discusses reception …
In order, India’s Indira Gandhi, Pakistan’s Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Bangladesh’s Mujibur Rahman

After Midnight

Review of Midnight’s Descendants: A History of South Asia Since Partition, by John Keay (New York: Basic Books, 2014)