Venezuela`s crisis could be a case study for a social science graduate course in any respectable university. Nevertheless, for years on WAIS I have been trying to explain Venezuela`s hows and whys, as much as the whats. To explain what is happening is easier, mostly because it is based on measurable facts, observations and anecdotes. It is obviously harder to dig into the causes and development of things.
I hope, as a grateful and loving pupil, to be the first to deliver this great news to WAIS: Professor Paul Preston has been knighted in the 2018 Queen`s Birthday Honours:
I have been fascinated by the recent postings by various WAIS colleagues about genealogy. For me, research into one´s family background is a means of feeling a personal connection with history--enabling me to relate to historical events that my own flesh and blood participated in. Imaginatively stepping into an ancestor´s shoes (or armour, as you will read below).
The Dean of WAISers, David W. Pike, has published five new books on WAISworld. Not only are the e-books free and universally available, but they are also the first titles since the Prof. Hilton days to carry the WAIS imprimatur.
(Paul Pitlick, USA, 10/22/20 3:31 am) John E and I had an off-Forum exchange about Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat film franchise. Like John, I thought Borat was great, but his humor isn't for everyone. The &quo ...
Read more(José Ignacio Soler, Venezuela, 10/21/20 3:11 pm) Most of the recent posts on the WAIS Forum, for understandable reasons, have been about the upcoming elections in the United States, but I am a little surprised that the October 18th election res ...
Read more(Paul Pitlick, USA, 10/21/20 3:31 am) In response to George Aucoin's post of October 19th, I would like to suggest that he actually read Mueller's whole report, and not blandly accept the interpretations of various right-wing ...
Read more(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 10/21/20 3:18 am) In the past days in the US and abroad, there has been a great deal of talk about Kamala Harris as the "first woman of color" candidate, but why have we forgotten the communist Angela Da ...
Read more(Leo Goldberger, USA, 10/20/20 3:43 pm) I did not think it was necessary to remind my fellow WAISers of Trump's extensive and widely accepted list of corruption. While it is obviously also true that Trump--in his choice of a Will ...
Read more(Alan Levine, USA, 10/20/20 9:24 am) I don't usually make predictions, but I have two for WAISdom. My first prediction concerns Trump and corruption. I predict that there will be no legal consequences for any of Trump's pol ...
Read more(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 10/20/20 7:30 am) I marveled at George Aucoin's laments (October 19th) about how most Americans have awakened to the true nature of his "patriotic" messiah. Many of them now seem increasingly desperate to ...
Read more(Robert Schenck, MD, USA, 10/20/20 4:17 am) In the discussion of criminal acts, even the major means of Twitter and other like means, cannot really be squelched. Trump has defined the Biden family as a "crime family.&quo ...
Read more(Francisco Ramirez, USA, 10/20/20 3:59 am) The man who killed Magellan was the chief of the island of Mactan and he was called Lapu-Lapu. Lapu-Lapu: Chief and warrior of Mactan, as remembered in this monument in Cebu City: Read more
(Silvia Ribelles de la Vega, USA, 10/20/20 3:32 am) Thank you for publishing my note on the meeting of sister ships Esmeralda and Elcano in the Straits of Magellan. Just a little note, the Juan Sebastián Elcano was bui ...
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