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.
(John Eipper, USA, 10/15/19 3:45 am) Justyna Bialowas writes: Who is Olga Tokarczuk? First a psychologist then a writer--she quit the practice in her thirties, when she felt burnt out, and started to write. B ...
Read more(Phyllis Gardner, USA, 10/14/19 3:54 pm) My son and daughter-in-law, who is Spanish, now live in Madrid and Gandia (south of Valencia, ergo south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean coast). We have very close friends for decades who are scien ...
Read more(Jose Manuel de Prada, Spain, 10/14/19 2:03 pm) I just returned home after doing some errands in the center of Barcelona. I also went out in the morning, just after the sentence was made public. The protests described by Bà ...
Read more(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 10/14/19 9:19 am) I have not been able to figure out exactly what is going on in Northern Syria. Seems as if Trump got out of the way because Putin, Assad, and Erdogan are working together to stop the Kurdish militant ...
Read more(Bàrbara Molas, Canada, 10/14/19 8:04 am) Nine Catalan separatist leaders have been cleared of violent rebellion for their roles in the failed bid for regional independence back in 2017. On the other hand, they have been found guilty of sedit ...
Read more(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 10/14/19 3:57 am) Answering John E's question about the recovery of Italian citizenship, the law of "Jus Sanguinis" is still valid. This law is very old, from 1912. Originally it referred to the de ...
Read more(Tamara Zuniga-Brown, USA, 10/13/19 9:25 am) The outright withdrawal of US support to the Syrian Kurds this past week adds another tragic betrayal to the long and painful history of the Kurds. In my opinion, their abandonment began with the fail ...
Read more(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 10/13/19 5:40 am) Thank you, John E, for your nice comment on my post of October 12th. You really got my point. To answer your question, I have heard that various Italians in Venezuela, including some children a ...
Read more(Patrick Mears, Germany, 10/13/19 4:46 am) Concerning Herbert Hoover, my son and I may have experienced in the past separate and delayed (or predictive?) "WAIS Effects" concerning Herbert Hoover. Concerning my own experience, ...
Read more(Paul Pitlick, USA, 10/12/19 4:31 am) Given the connection of the Hoover Institution to Ronald Hilton and WAIS, I thought colleagues would be interested in seeing this: Read more
