Don't Know Much About History
July 5, 2007 10:20 AM   Subscribe

"The History Boys." The late David Halberstam writes in Vanity Fair on the Bush administration's misuse of historical analogies.
posted by kirkaracha (6 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Halberstammer -- cortex



 
I recently sent this e-mail to the head of the History Department at Yale:
President Bush holds a BA in History from Yale, but he often makes decisions and says things that seem to indicate he actually doesn't know much about history. Is his ignorance of history an accurate reflection of the quality of a Yale History degree?
His reponse:
I hope not.

posted by kirkaracha at 10:20 AM on July 5, 2007


page down, friend.
posted by bl1nk at 10:23 AM on July 5, 2007


double
posted by bigschmoove at 10:23 AM on July 5, 2007


It's literally still on the front page.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:23 AM on July 5, 2007


First, double. Second, as previously established, posting private emails is fairly uncool.
posted by Aloysius Bear at 10:24 AM on July 5, 2007


Metafilter, not knowing even its recent history, is thus doomed to repeat it. Within a few hours. ie, double
posted by freebird at 10:24 AM on July 5, 2007


« Older Lets Make Baby Trees   |   Malawi man builds a windwill to power home Newer »


This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments