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HISTORY: BETTER STUDIED THAN IGNORED“

In Memory of Rachel Masterson:
April 4, 1973/May 14, 2026

“The Ugly Egg” A true story of our daughter.

Mystery, History and Intrigue
9-20-26

I became a History Buff early on. I can’t explain the fascination I have, reading of past times, past wars and past empires. The same applies to science. But my lifelong penchant is for History.

Watching Historical period dramas, has caused me to look up a word or a meaning right at the time it is introduced. “Sorry, I’m hitting the pause button so I can look up that word.” This habit, while vexing to my Bride, has widened my scope of understanding through language and customs of long ago, with threads linking them to our everyday behaviors and vernacular. It gives me a broader scope of understanding today’s world.

Some people go to movies; watching a thriller, then anxiously awaiting the sequel, like Transformers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Alien, Star Wars and so forth. I am like a person, anxiously awaiting the next episode in the human soap opera; news of conflict, political rivalries and names in the news. When awaking daily, it is like knowing, today I will see the next episode: will the President name a new official, will Russia elevate its attacks on the Ukraine, will China finally move on Taiwan, will Muslim radicals attempt to kill or enslave more due to their mind-bending interpretation of God? Unfortunately, television shows aren’t real; History is.

Just like real soap operas, the soap operas of governments and peoples, brings new plot twists with every sunrise. Why do I find this so intriguing? I don’t know. Maybe because having studied History to such a great length, I have become proficient in determining the final outcome of political or military moves, since such moves mirror those in the past. Only the means of how to kill and lie to your enemies is advancing as fast as technology allows.

For all it’s worth, History is a fantastic teacher. There is a great deal of evidence that across our nation, the three R’s have been pigeon-holed, replaced by social justice narratives.  Reading, writing and math have been replaced by espousing immediate gratification via social practices -that won’t pay the rent or put food on the table. My decisions at the ballot box are based on me doing my homework, accepting nothing as gospel without first researching it.

One way those attempting to cause a nation or culture to mutate, is by adopting a belief in something that is not fundamental to survival, then making it an ideology, to be defended by any means, including violence. Examples of such are rampant throughout History. You can’t help the situation if you can’t name your congressional representative but can name the top pop singers of the day. Having every Taylor Swift album is not going to enhance your understanding of how leadership, enacting another law or regulation, will affect your life.

The continued practice of not teaching self-dependence but instead a belief that somehow government should help us with your hangnail crisis, the end product is a human that cannot rationalize, that cannot accept any ideology but his or her own. We are thus doomed to repeat financial and political downfalls, just as other peoples have, that ignored History.

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