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In one of my recent items, I contrasted the biased Afrocentric narrative, which is hip now and popular with many schoolteachers these days, with a rather frosty counter-narrative informed by visitor reports from tribal regions. The latter is biased too, which I did acknowledge even if a bit flippantly, as it put a pretty harsh spin on things. That ignited an intense debate about how far traveler reports to tribal regions could be trusted Read more …
The Worst Week Yet: November 29-December 5, 2020
Phil Eiger Newmann, Plague Upon Your House, 2020.
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Can we all secretly agree that they’re all secretly conspiring to publicly drive us all insane?
With so few of us agreeing on anything — and with some of us so conflicted that half the time, we don’t even agree with ourselves Read more …