What do we mean by the history of history? Is it closer to the history of historiography? The history of history writing is an important history to be told, yet the focus on historiography has often been asserted, in recent decades anyway, to imply (for no inference is clear) that history is only the writing of … Continue reading History, Truth and the New American Way
Day: December 2, 2014
Dawn by Hither Hills, Montauk
Sun rise from the beach in Montauk. Getting up before dawn to wait for the sun. Waiting for the Sun was an album by the Doors--my favorite group when I was . . . how old was I then the first time I listened to the Doors, still played by the crew at WNEW when I … Continue reading Dawn by Hither Hills, Montauk
The Floor [A Short Story]
Je voudrais dire la vérite´ J'aime la vérité. --Jean Cocteau, "Le Menteur" The Opinions of Anonymous Prologue To kill or not to kill, that is the question, whether it is nobler in the mind to endure the slings and arrows of outrageous morons around you, or just to end them by cutting their throats, slashing … Continue reading The Floor [A Short Story]
The Falling Leaf Review 