The movies viewed by Nixon, Carter and Reagan during their presidencies have been made available online. Of these, I find Nixon to be endlessly fascinating. I attempted to make sense of the films he watched and how they correlated to historical events. I was hoping he viewed The Andromeda Strain (or at least The Satan Bug) during the week he signed a treaty outlawing germ warfare. Instead, the association...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Are There Individuals Alive Today with One or More Parents Born as a Slave?
Martin Hill Ortiz
8:12 AM
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In order to look at one aspect of the question, How far is slavery behind us?, I undertook a thought experiment: Are there individuals alive today with one or more parents born as a slave?First, to be specific, I am referring to the American form of institutionalized slavery that was outlawed by the 13th Amendment (1865) and not modern and illegal forms of slavery or even institutionalized slavery...
Monday, September 21, 2015
Ten Myths About Slavery, Part Two
Martin Hill Ortiz
6:24 AM
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Ten Myths About Slavery
During my research to write the poem, Two Mistakes (previously described here), I learned much about the American institution of slavery that existed from the colonial times until the Thirteenth Amendment (1865). As I processed a lot of information, I wished that I could have had much of it distilled and in one place. Here it is, a continuation of myths about slavery.
The...
Friday, September 18, 2015
Ten Myths About Slavery, Part One
Martin Hill Ortiz
10:55 AM
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Ten Myths About Slavery
In order to write my award-winning epic poem, Two Mistakes (previously described here), I researched the topic of American slavery. Some things I learned during my research surprised me. I decided to compile the information here, as it came from a variety of sources.
The Ten Myths. (Discussion begins below.)
Myth #1. At the time of the establishment of the United States,...
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Men Are Hormonal
Martin Hill Ortiz
7:28 AM
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A Chemical Imbalance.Men are hormonal. Their emotions, their thoughts and behaviors are under the influence of a reason-blunting and dangerous chemical. Although these statements are provocative, I do not make them solely to provoke. I do not present them to be contrarian. I put forward these assertions because they are the clear, unalloyed reality. This chemical will be referred to in this essay...
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