Memorandums from Mary
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Who Wants a Delusional King?
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Dr. Willis (Ian Holm) and Papendiek (Matthew Lloyd Davies) minister to George III (Nigel Hawthorne) seated in his special strait jacket chai...
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Ye Olde Story of Autocrats
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Henry V (Kenneth Branagh) encourages his troops to conquer France, in the 1989 movie based on the Shakespeare play Henry V. I recently read...
Friday, July 26, 2024
Anglo-Saxon Supremacy vs Democracy
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A Huguenot father urges his son to be quiet during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572.* In 1685, 200,000 French Huguenots fled Franc...
Friday, July 5, 2024
Hating What You Can’t Control
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The two Art Deco sculptures that adorned the iconic Bonwit Teller building from 1929 until 1980. Those who don’t value art and science are d...
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Must Knowledge Lead to Progress? Part Two
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Dr. Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden) with the access terminal to his supercomputer, Colossus, in 1970’s Colossus: The Forbin Project. Geoffrey ...
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