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.
(David A. Westbrook, USA, 09/18/21 3:23 am) The journal Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary is holding a roundtable discussion of the causes and long-term consequences of the war in Afghanistan. I'm a participant. It's f ...
Read more(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 09/17/21 3:03 am) Back on September 6th, our distinguished editor asked: "Tor, in a future post, could you give us a case study into a specific aspect of the military-industrial complex? Since Eisenhower's da ...
Read more(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 09/17/21 2:21 am) Excellent, as usual, the post of Tor Guimaraes and the comments of our esteemed moderator (15 September). However, I believe the political situation of the world is presently more "intense& ...
Read more(John Eipper, USA, 09/16/21 4:21 am) Fellow WAISers, About twice each year I awake to no new WAIS submissions, and today is that day. Too little going on in the world? Too much contentment and complacency? Overall fatigue? ...
Read more(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 09/15/21 10:29 am) When commenting on my most recent WAIS post, John E asked "whether these times are particularly dangerous for war, or whether everyone is too busy healing from the pandemic and licking their myri ...
Read more(Edward Jajko, USA, 09/15/21 2:52 am) John E wondered why Hitler's Mein Kampf is never translated into English as "My Struggle," although it is commonly known as Mi Lucha in Spanish. This i ...
Read more(John Eipper, USA, 09/15/21 2:28 am) Ric Mauricio writes: Ah, I was just wondering when David Duggan was going to file his latest sports report. And yes, I was mesmerized by the the Women's US Open to ...
Read more(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 09/14/21 6:40 am) When commenting on my post of September 13th, John E accused me of historical revisionism. Of course, this is true. Any moment a new fact is discovered or reconsidered, history is revised. ...
Read more(David Duggan, USA, 09/14/21 3:35 am) The United States is out of Afghanistan, football season, both college and pro, has started, and the golf and tennis seasons are functionally over. Conflict is never resolved, but for a time there is ...
Read more(Hall Gardner, -France, 09/13/21 7:46 am) On the Pre-War comparison I brought up in my post of September 12th: The Pre-World War II period: The collapse of the Soviet Union parallels the collapse of Imperial Germany after Word War I, wh ...
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