The Bloody Road From The City State To The Nation State
By Eric Le Roy
An Essay in Two Parts: Part 2 (Part 1)
Content 18+ We tend to box history into convenient little chunks: Ancient, Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution (1 & 2), Technology Revolution, Information Age, Digital, etc, etc, as if the next one could only begin after the previous one ended. Of … Read the rest
The Bloody Road From The City State To The Nation State
By Eric Le Roy
An Essay in Two Parts: Part 1 
Content 18+ Artem recently posted a blog called “From Ancient Tolerance to Modern Nationalism.” As I read it, I was once again reaffirmed in my opinion that there are many ways to view history.
I was never officially certified as a history teacher, but I … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ The gray days turn now to early darkness – light-swallowing afternoons that have me leaving the apartment with my dogs when it is still daylight and returning 30 minutes later to sudden winds and the pitch black of precocious night. These afternoons end quicker than friendships when talking about places like Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Palestine. Believe me, I know.
In the morning, … Read the rest
By Eric le Roy
Content 18 + My Mexican-American friend Irma Carballo is a dual language (Spanish and English) educator (teacher and coach) at elementary schools in a small district on the Tex-Mex border near the Gulf of Mexico. We meet online twice a week at 6am my time and 10pm the previous day her time. In other words, my Wednesday morning is her Tuesday night.
This morning we discussed … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ The poet Frank O’Hara wrote the following poem called ‘Animals’ (really about a horse who has lost his or her companion):
Have you forgotten what we were like then
when we were still first rate
and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth
it's no use worrying about Time
but we did have a few tricks up our sleeves
and … Read the rest
