From My Blog
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The ‘Nam at 40: Veterans Day, Marvel’s Real-Time War, and the Generation That Read It
Forty years ago, Marvel launched The ‘Nam, a war comic told in real time by Vietnam veterans Doug Murray and Don Lomax. This Veterans Day post explores how the series helped veterans put their war into words, gave their children a view of a war they never saw on the evening news, and offers six…
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Suez in the Rearview: What 1956 Can (and Cannot) Teach Us About the War with Iran
In 1956 Britain and France joined Israel against Egypt and won the battle but lost the war. What does Suez teach about the US war with Iran, and where does the comparison fall apart?
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What If the Vasa Crowns Had Reunited?
What if Gustav II Adolf’s death at Lützen had opened negotiations for a Polish-Swedish dual monarchy? Explore how a Vasa reunion might have reshaped the Baltic, contained Russia, and changed the modern world. #WhatIf
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What If Sigismund III Had Died at Khotyn?
What if Sigismund III died after the Battle of Khotyn in 1621? Explore how a Vasa reunion under Władysław IV and Gustav Adolf might have transformed the Thirty Years’ War and reshaped Protestant Europe. #WhatIf #GustavAdolf #SigismundIII #ThirtyYearsWar
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The Morning After: Grading My Election Predictions
How did one Kentucky teacher’s election predictions hold up? This morning-after review grades the 2026 midterm calls, from Talarico’s historic Texas win and Mississippi’s razor-thin Senate count to central Kentucky, then asks what a 60-day lame duck Congress should do about college sports and the Iran war.
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My Election Morning Predictions: The Bluegrass and Beyond
What will happen in the 2026 midterms? One Kentucky social studies teacher shares his center-left election morning predictions for Congress, the Barr-Booker Senate race, the Sixth District, and Lexington’s mayoral contest, plus a simple way to turn election forecasts into a source literacy lesson.
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