Category: History
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On January 6, 2021, the U.S. capital was attacked, and it was one of the most challenging days in American history. A rioting mob attempted to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election by assaulting the U.S. Capitol because they incorrectly believed the 2020 election was stolen. The election…
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I enjoyed this podcast on Handel's Messiah from Christianity Today. Some additional references related to the podcast: Messiah: Behind The Scenes Of Handl's Masterpiece Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah (book) Some other interesting research included: Wikipedia London Symphony Orchestra's 53 songs on YouTube…
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For some odd reason, I was recently self-motivated to consider rewriting the 1964 Sharon Statement, which has been central to my political and economic thinking since I first read it in 1986. I used a few Grammarly and Google Docs linguistic and grammar suggestions, plus some of my values and…
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I recently enjoyed the podcast series Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen. It was well-produced, researched, and sourced. Although I thought I knew a great deal about Robert Hanssen (Wikipedia), this podcast provided a bunch of new information I was unaware of. You can listen via: Apple…
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I was 4 and 5 years old in 1973 — interesting history of the U.S. via Wikipedia.
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I learned a lot about Adam Smith that I didn't know about in this three part podcast from Freakonomics.com: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Here are a few examples: There is a play about him He was from Scotland I need to read The Theory of Moral Sentiments…
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I was recently cleaning out my office at work so that I could share the office with another co-worker, and I came across the printed versions of David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) Journal #2 (2007) & #3 (2008) which were produced for members of GTD Connect. I reached out…
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Tommy DeVito of The Four Seasons has passed away. To be totally honest, he was my favorite. I loved his story in the Jersey Boys, and how Christian Hoff played him in La Jolla, CA at the La Jolla Playhouse, and then on Broadway. And Devin May's performance in Las…
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Utah Beach (Normandy) – Steve Holden CHRISTMAS I hope your Christmas was wonderful. We had a good time with friends and family. All of our time was spent in San Diego, so we didn't have any travel woes. I love putting up Christmas lights. I have decided that the three…
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While flying back from Germany this summer, this picture was in the Lufthansa magazine: Here is more details about these women pioneers in programming.
Steve Holden's Blog 