Cross-cultural “Stuff”
You Can’t Vote Because
I first ran this post in 2011. I think it is an even more important reminder today. From sixth century Athens on, who has the vote and why has been a touchy and evolving subject in democracies. People who already have the vote have hesitated to extend it to others for two basic reasons. …
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From the Archives: The Fabric of Civilization
Another post from the past. This time from 2021. (I promise. New posts will be coming soon.) Two sentences early in Virginia Postrel’s The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World caught my imagination: “What we usually call the Stone Age could just as easily be called the String Age. The two prehistoric…
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From the Archives: Log Cabins, Two Ways
Another post from the History in the Margins archives: this one from 2012. ✢ ✢✢ I always learn something new when My Own True Love and I head out on a Road Trip Through History. Our recent expedition to Colonial Michilimacinac was no exception. I learned that eighteenth century cooks dried pumpkins as well as…
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