As a student of history, I always use the past to provide perspective for today. Whether it be the political culture in the US in the 19th century, the historical comparisons of war and fighting, or how the coming of things such as modern medicne as benefitted the public more no matter how many complaints we hear about the cost of health care today. This article in the Times UK today falls into this category. Anatole Kaletsky pays tribute to his mother who had recently passed away, discussing just a handful of the experiences she and her family had in Russia from the Russian Revolution.
Along these lines, I hope to get a book review up here soon about Jenifer Weber's Copperheads: The Rise of Lincoln's Opponents in the North. I'm not sure whether it's the way that Weber writes, or the quotes she uses, but it is impossible to read this book without seeing the same things being said and done, almost verbatim, today.
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