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.
(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/08/00 6:42 am) Britons are ambivalent about the EU. They feel closer to Americans and Australians than they do to the French. The feeling seems to be reciprocal. John Wonder wr ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/07/00 6:36 pm) Among the many WAISers who are distressed by my withdrawal from the presidential race is Dwight Peterson, who writes: ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/07/00 6:43 am) Miles Seeley raises an important point: Your message about history prompts me to wonder about current, not historical trends. It ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/07/00 6:43 am) There has long been a justified concern that the melting pot is not melting, and that the United States might fall apart. The American flag has been described as & ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/06/00 6:37 pm) Stanford, CA (NAP 2/6): At a press conference, Ronald Hilton said he had been flooded with messages about his decision to withdraw from the presidential race. Many sai ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/06/00 6:37 pm) Stanford, CA (NAP 2/7): At a crowded press conference, Ronald Hilton announced that he was withdrawing as Wugwump candidate for the presidency of the United States. He ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/06/00 6:46 am) Miles Seeley comments: For many years I shared your near-reverence of doctors. Then I became clos ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/05/00 6:47 am) Dr. Sidney Raffel of Stanford Medical School is a distinguished graduate of Johns Hopkins Medical School, of which William Osler was a star. He speaks of Osler with g ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/05/00 5:53 am) Tim Brown adds a note to the UNAM discord of opinions. He says: I spent several weeks last October in Mexico City with PRD leaders. ...
Read more(Ronald Hilton, USA, 02/05/00 5:52 am) Ana María León of PAN expresses widespread anger at the statement of the UNAM strikers. She says: I cannot believe that ...
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