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, 04/05/20 3:59 am) I don't know if it's time yet to introduce humor into a discussion of the coronavirus, but medical professionals can have a pretty dark sense of humor. A colleague sent this along. I sus ...
Read more(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 04/04/20 11:16 am) Here's the coronavirus update for Italy, April 3rd: Total infected: 119,827 Presently infected: 85,388 (+2339) of which 28,741 are in hospital, 4,053 in intensive care, 52,579 isolated ...
Read more(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 04/04/20 4:12 am) I think Massoud Malek (April 3rd) is correct on all counts regarding the Democratic establishment, and Mendo Henriques (also April 3rd) did a good job describing the Chinese situation. JE asked, ...
Read more(Cameron Sawyer, Russia, 04/04/20 3:57 am) A small correction to Mendo Henriques's post of April 3rd. The phrase "one country, two systems" does not refer to the Chinese economic system as a whole or to the program of econo ...
Read more(A. J. Cave, USA, 04/03/20 4:45 am) A followup to The Administration's CLASS initiative (April 1st): Also, effective immediately, all those employees and contractors working on WMDs are fired. We have given you trillions ...
Read more(Mendo Henriques, Portugal, 04/03/20 4:24 am) As regards John E's question about the day after the end of COVID-19, I think a "new normal" will arrive. Before COVID-19, we had a kind of balance between China as a global factor ...
Read more(Massoud Malek, USA, 04/03/20 3:27 am) The Democratic Establishment stopped Senator Bernie Sanders's momentum one day before Super Tuesday and a few days before the coronavirus pandemic, and decided to make Vice President Joe Biden the ...
Read more(Enrique Torner, USA, 04/02/20 10:37 am) Our dear editor played a great, hilarious April 1st joke on us! Very well done, John: under these circumstances, I was not expecting any jokes about Coronavirus, but you were able to pull it through b ...
Read more(Michael Sullivan, USA, 04/02/20 5:15 am) If you think Eugenio Battaglio would enjoy this video, please send it to him with my best compliments and prayers for Italy to overcome this terrible virus much faster than has been predicted. A ...
Read more(John Eipper, USA, 04/02/20 4:35 am) Ric Mauricio writes: Here is an interesting calculator on social distancing. I am finding that some Trump supporters are twisting his words to support their non-support of social distan ...
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