Pudd'nhead Donald and the Re-Gilded Age? On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Jon Kerr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are so many possible responses to that, it is hard to know where to > start. But as usual Samuel (Mark) said it best, perhaps giving some hope > for benefits to a Trump Abroad: > > *"It liberates the vandal to travel--you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, > stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but > he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world > and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction."* > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Will the next U.S. president eventually write a memoir of his > > foreign-polic= > > y junkets, and name it "A Trump Abroad"?=C2=A0- B. Clay Shannon > > > -- William B. Robison, PhD Department Head / Professor of History Department of History and Political Science Southeastern Louisiana University SLU 10895 Hammond LA 70402 985-549-2109 phone 985-549-2012 fax [log in to unmask] http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/depts/hist_ps/index.html http://www.tudorsonfilm.com/ http://www.impairedfaculties.com/ History teaches students to read intelligently, think analytically, write clearly, accurately assess past trends, rationally predict future developments, and understand the real world. Now *that* is workforce-ready! History does offer us very real lessons, but they are seldom simple and straightforward. To understand and benefit from them, you have to know your history very well. That is why history matters as much as math, science, technology, or any other subject. "A young horse is fast, but an old horse knows what's going on." – Muddy Waters