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Who Thought that 35 Years Would Be So Easy?

Published January 31, 2018 in Warp & Woof Who Thought that 35 Years would Be So Easy? William Sundwick Thirty-five years later, I’ll admit to having some trepidation about the future back then. I suspect my wife-to-be shared at least that much! Winter, 1982-83. We were planning our January 15 wedding. Lots of thinking andContinue reading “Who Thought that 35 Years Would Be So Easy?”

History’s Greatest, Cruelest Levers of Power — Wars

Published November 6, 2017 in Warp & Woof History’s Greatest, Cruelest Levers of Power – Wars And, How Morbid the Fascination William Sundwick Why So Fascinating? Power is an intriguing study. It’s not an overstatement to say that history is all about exploring the exercise of power by different peoples in different times. Politics isContinue reading “History’s Greatest, Cruelest Levers of Power — Wars”

Misogyny: It’s a Matter of Degree …

Published September 21, 2017 in Warp & Woof Misogyny: It’s a Matter of Degree … William Sundwick Last month, I published a piece entitled “A Feminist Manifesto (from a Heteronormative Male Who Raised Only Sons).”  In it I attempted to outline the long history of patriarchy in all Euro-Asian societies, beginning with the Neolithic revolutionContinue reading “Misogyny: It’s a Matter of Degree …”

Link from Vox

 This one fits both “The Future” and “The Past” … good piece from Vox.com, in their “The Big Idea” series. Neoliberalism defined and explained. In short: it’s the economic/political philosophy which replaced the New Deal-to-Great Society philosophy that many of us oldsters associate with the “traditional” Democratic Party. It values free markets and capitalism farContinue reading “Link from Vox”