Sitemap - 2022 - Slender Threads / Global Citizens / Public History
'Yin and Yang of American Culture: A Paradox'
In Israel, A Story Around Every Corner
Jordan Has Spectacular Roman Ruins and Magnificent Petra
Culture Shocks When Abroad: What To Do When Your Values Are Challenged?
'You're Either A Spy, A Terrorist, Or You Know Someone Who's A Terrorist'
Evocative, Magical Middle East: Adventures in Travel and History
Yemen, Despite War, Has Very Kind, Welcoming, Gentle People
Camping in the Arabian Peninsula's 'Empty Quarter'
Your Life As A Traveler, Ex-pat?
UAE’s ‘Rags to Riches’ Story of Mind-boggling Change
Westerners Are Increasing Targets of Detention, Torture By Authoritarian Regimes
When Invisible Red Lines Keep Moving, How Do You Respect Or Honor Them?
After A Long Hiatus, I Am Now Optimistic About America
Qatar Sparked Angst As It Hosted 2022 World Cup
‘Ex-pats’ Vs. ‘Immigrants’ Vs. ‘Migrants’ Vs. ‘Labourers’ Vs. ‘Refugees’
How Our Lives Would Be Different If We Were Born and Lived Elsewhere
The Center in Global Politics Has Held
Bridge-building Among Religions, Cultures, and Political Differences Was Easier Overseas
Reclaiming Friendships Between Liberals, Conservatives
It's Still A Good Idea To Look for Jobs Abroad
Ask Students to Consider What If Questions on US, European and Global History
How Would You Define Alt-History and Why Is It Important?
Democracy Is Strengthened in US Midterms
How Ken Barcus Transformed Himself From a Struggling Schmuck Into A Mensch
Thinking of Living and Working Abroad? Here’s Our Story, And Some Things to Consider
Learning from the Irish How to Treat the Dead and Demystify Death
Thomas Lynch, an Undertaker, Writes on the Human Condition
Day of the Dead Helps Death Feel Like An Integral Part of Life
Conservative Gadfly Challenges Liberal Assumptions
You Tube’s Alternate History Hub Has Attracted 2+ Million Fans
Brits Prove Race Is Not The Issue That It Is In America
Resignation of PM Liz Truss Marks Britain's Humiliation, and Offers Cautionary Lesson for US
On Using Counterfactuals to Learn History
Introducing the 'What If' Genre: 9 Popular Anthologies
Black Swan Theories Are Fashionable
Between Determinism and Chaos Theory
'What If' Case Studies in Education, Movies, Books, Religion and the News
12 Case Studies Using Alternative History in Education
Why Alternate History Is So Popular
Sheer Volume of Counter-Factual History Books Makes Genre Impossible to Ignore
For Want of a Nail, the Kingdom Was Lost, or Found
Pop Culture Embraces Alternative History, Hits the Modern World's Zeitgeist
Russia’s Huge Losses Remind the World that Democracies are Accountable to the People
MAGA Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) Assumes His New Constituents Will Be Hyper-partisan Automatons
NC Gains Two Democratic Congressional Seats in 2022 Election
Democracy Is On the Ballot in 2022
Discovering Wales and Welsh Ancestry
20 Questions About British History
How American Culture and Character Differ From British and European Culture and Character
Many Steps Closer to Civil War?
The Remarkable English and Their History: 1,200 Years In One Quite Readable Volume
A Trump Supporter Interviews A Biden Supporter
Thoughts on the Queen's Funeral, British Monarchy, Empire, Colonialism
Introduction to Empires, Colonialism, and Imperialism
Global Debate Over Legacy of British Colonialism, Particularly in India
Monarchy Endures, Even Flourishes in Parts of the World
The Meaning of Queen Elizabeth II
One Degree of Separation Between Queen Elizabeth and Us All
Queen Elizabeth I Kept A Fractious England Together and Launched An Empire
How English Became the World's Language. It All Goes Back to One Night in 1588
Why Is the Heir to the British Throne Called the Prince of Wales?
British Empire Explained in 10 Minutes
‘Idyllic’ Trip to England and France Chaperoning 18 Teenagers
How Britain Made the Modern World
Political Views Are Not Static But Evolving
Recalling Record Inflation and Child Labor
Industrial Revolution Created the Environment for Unionizing By Workers Who Felt Exploited
Dramatic, Dark Moments in US Labor History
Why No US Political Party for Labor?
2017-2023 Congresses Proved Democracy Can Actually Work
Great Congressional Debates, Classic Speeches and Hearings Illuminate Difficult National Issues
Gerrymandering and Redistricting Tilt Political Power and Affect Democracy
Reviewing Midterm Election Trends of Recent Decades and Their Significance
A Literary Companion For Living in the Shadow
Buechner Sought Universal Truths and Developed a Comprehensive View of Life
Congress As It Is Portrayed in the Movies and on TV
Author Frederick Buechner Dies At 96
Best and Worst US Senators in History
Republicans Dominated Government for 70 Years, Followed By Democratic Dominance for 48 Years
Thaddeus Stevens, Premier Abolitionist in Congress and Leader of Radical Republicans
Congress in the Movies 1: ‘Mr. Smith Goes To Washington’
'Public Sentiment Is Everything': Lincoln’s Idealistic View of Political Persuasion
2 Congressional Leaders More Important Than Presidents
He Taught Me How to Think, Not What to Think
Congress in the 19th Century Was More Important Than the President
7 Books That Explain How Congress Has Worked
A Historic Week, But Who Noticed?
Brutal Jim Crow Segregation Lasted More Than 100 Years After Slavery Officially Ended
Does A Representative Owe You His Conscience Or Simply to Represent Your Short-term Desires?
Congress Has Significant Accomplishments Despite Democrats' Narrow Majority
A Teacher's Spirit Might Renew Democracy and Reinvigorate Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking: Resources for a Unit
Political Pranksters Put Fun into Politics
Did Democrats Play A Dirty Trick?
Out-of-Touch Republican Primary Voters Reject Moderates
40+ Skills Learned By Studying History
Traveling Back in Time to the 1100s
Great Gothic Cathedrals of Europe Stand As Monuments to the Age of Faith and Belief
My Life in ICouldGiveAF**kistan
Critical Thinking Questions About Wars in American History
‘Why Learn History When It’s Already On Your Phone?’
Surprising Impact of 1/6/21 Hearings
To Tackle Prejudice, First Tackle Confirmation Bias
Deck of Cards for Critical Thinking Are Among School of Thought’s Resources
‘The Dying Art of Disagreement’
Why Do People Believe Conspiracy Theories and Logical Fallacies?
How to Think: 3 Questions to Encourage Critical Thinking
Reflections on Inflation's 40-Year High
Economics Discussion: Tougher Times Ahead?
Remembering Mark Shields' Great Lines
Inflation Is At A 40-Year High
TV Ads from the 1950s, 60s Illustrate How Society Has Changed. One Can Only Laugh
Political Bellwethers in a Year of Flux on Abortion, Guns, Trump, Threats to Democracy
NC Is Refuge For Southern Women Seeking Pro-Choice Option on Abortion
Sister Kathy's Memoir of Small-town NC Life: Wagram, NC in the 1950s
Coming of Age on Racial Matters in the American South
On This Independence Day, American Democracy Seems Quite Fragile
Are Wyoming Voters Really This Stupid and Anti-Democracy?
NC GOP Legislators’ Legal Case ‘Threatens Democracy’
Supreme Court Abortion Decision May Spark Bottom-Up Progressive Change
2 Political Earthquakes: Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe V. Wade + 1/6 Hearings
Encounter With G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate 'Mastermind'
1/6 Hearings Are Persuading Some (Former) Trump Supporters
'Gaslit' By Watergate and Trump's Sedition
Fast-growing North Carolina Faces an Identity Crisis
50 Years of North Carolina's Political History
Georgia’s Vast Changes Suggest It Could Usher in a Historic Realignment of Political Parties
What Didn't Happen in North Carolina Presidential Politics in the Sixties
Middle Eastern Human Rights Abuses Seemed Rare While Living There
Hope for Preventing Mass Shootings
Gun Control's Difficult Legislative Path, Even in a Democratic Congress
Stricter Gun Laws Could Prevent At Least Some Mass Shootings
How Australia Tackled Gun Violence and Reduced Mass Shootings
Re-learning the Early History of America’s ‘Discovery’ and European Colonialism
Re-Examining the Prelude to the American Revolution: War Was Not Inevitable
Rewriting the Native American Narrative
Re-Interpreting the Founding Fathers: A Mini-course
James Madison: A Shy, Nerdy Political Genius
Founding Father George Mason Was First to Draft a Bill of Rights
John Jay: Reluctant Revolutionary
On All-Minority Cast Portraying Founding Fathers in 'Hamilton'
Most Important Founding Father You Probably Don't Know
Alexander Hamilton, Broadway on Tour. Re-Interpreting the Founding Fathers for New Generations
Five Events Led to the Decline of Federalists and Rise of Jeffersonian Republicans
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Finally Addresses Slavery; Sally Hemings as a Founding Mother
In Drafting the Declaration of Independence, Each Word Mattered
The Duality of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson’s Wisdom, Brilliance, Flaws and Idea of Democracy Shaped America
Reflections on and from Mothers, Sisters
Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Hated Each Other
Ode to the Federalist Party’s Dazzling Accomplishments in 12 Years
New Perspectives on Aaron Burr, Jefferson’s Vice President, Who Murdered Alexander Hamilton
Memorials for Giants in Religious Studies
What if Alexander Hamilton Lived?
Alexander Hamilton’s Truly Miraculous Rise from Orphan in Caribbean to Founding Father
Ron Chernow’s Biography of Alexander Hamilton Is Magnificent
The Alexander Hamilton Musical Renewed Popular Interest in America's Founding Fathers
John Adams Put Principles Above Politics. That Did Not Make Him Popular
What Made George Washington Great?
Most Visionary Founding Father
Teaching About Race in Schools
Ukraine Teacher's Wartime Diary
Things Black People Want White Friends To Know
Morgan Freeman Misquoted On Race
Ketanji Brown Jackson and the Prism of Experience
Black Evangelical Challenged Whites to Acknowledge White Supremacy in the Church
3 Challenging Books for White People
Ketanji Jackson: How Far We've Come
Teaching About Race in Public Schools
End of Covid Crisis In Sight in U.S.
Dangerous Escalation of War in Ukraine
How Western Weaponry and Turkish Drones Sustain Ukrainian Army
Ukrainian President Evokes Churchill
Russia-Ukraine War Is Also A Conflict Over History
Should US Or NATO Create a No-Fly Zone in Ukraine?
Debate: Teaching Race in Schools?
New Cold War? Lessons from the First?
Six Perspectives on Prospect of a New Cold War
Overview of the First Cold War + How It Began in the 1940s
Ukraine War: First-Person Perspectives
Russians Bomb Holocaust Memorial in Ukraine
Reckoning With Black American History
Black History From 1865 Through the 1940s: 15 Questions and Answers
Eight Months of ‘Race Riots’ in 1919: Retrospectives 100+ Years Later
Black History in Antebellum America
Seeing Black History As American History Is A Way To Make Amends
Historian John Hope Franklin on the Dire Consequences of Not Learning America’s Racial History
Why Not Every African American Supports Black History Month
James Madison’s Estate Now Tells Stories of Slaves Who Lived There
African-Descended People Contributed to Every Facet of American History
Bridging the Hyper-partisan Divide
Might U.S. Grant Save America from Itself?
Ukraine War: First- Person Perspectives
We Are the Heirs to Dr. King and 'The Movement'