History as Prologue

Author: Mark Thomas

  • Tri-State Tornado

    Tri-State Tornado

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    Will this tornado’s dark reign stand? In the grim business of ranking the dead, the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 has no peer. Until that event, the greatest fatality count directly attributable to a single tornado, 317 souls, occurred in 1840. Even the sum from outbreaks of multiple tornadoes are less than the 695 who lost…

  • History as Prologue – 03-09-2013

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    Catching up I’ve fallen into the self-made trap of considering so many great and timely topics for History as Prologue that’s I’ve neglected the actual posting of content. I’m comforted no so much that many other bloggers share this fault, but by the knowledge that it can be quickly corrected with a little diligence on…

  • The Armory Show Centennial – A Tale of Evolution

    The Armory Show Centennial – A Tale of Evolution

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    The Armory Show Centennial A Tale of Evolution Evolution is seldom linear. Adaptation, the key to survival, whether that be of a species in the case of biology, or the enduring nature of a historic event, always involves matching traits with the environment. The Armory Show of 1913, the centenary of which is commemorated this…

  • A sobering sea change in attitudes about drunk driving

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    A sobering sea change in attitudes about drunk driving A fellow blogger celebrated the 16th of January’s significance as the day the nation went from dry to wet. The 21st Amendment repealed prohibition, one of the few progressive cures, I would argue, that produced as many or more ills as it remedied. In a balanced…