by drkeithcox | Sep 27, 2019 | History Matters, Main
Never knew the full story of this. On a personal note, the escorts ship USS Skylark (ASR-20) was of the same class as the USS Sunbird (ASR-15) that I would serve on nearly 20 years later. In the photo, the Skylark is on the left and the Sunbird on the right. ...
by drkeithcox | Sep 13, 2019 | History Matters, Main
This 80th anniversary of World War II is an opportunity to reconsider how the world reached that dark defile, in which some 70 million people died. An opportunity, too, to remember the words of the American judge Learned Hand, on how free and civilized people can come...
by drkeithcox | Sep 2, 2019 | History Matters, Main
The two most dynamic movements that reshaped the nation during the past three decades are the labor and civil rights movements. Our combined strength is potentially enormous. We have not used a fraction of it for our own good or for the needs of society as a whole. If...
by drkeithcox | Sep 1, 2019 | History Matters, Main
Sept. 1, 1939 marks the beginning of World War II in Europe. That was 80 years ago today. I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: September 1, 1939 on History Matters The right...
by drkeithcox | Aug 30, 2019 | History Matters, Main
Researchers in Canada have been exploring HMS Terror from the ill-fated Franklin Expedition. Mystery of a Victorian-era wreck in Arctic waters Researchers in Canada have been exploring HMS Terror from the ill-fated Franklin Expedition.
by drkeithcox | Aug 27, 2019 | History Matters, Main
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (December 15, 1944 – December 22, 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the human rights of Brazilian...
