History is used ferociously to defend positions in our culture war, race issues, imperialism and economic injustice.

What I notice however is that 90% of the time the idiosts quoting history are either wrong about the history and the people or 180 degree wrong about their historic example. Yesterday Texas secessionists on the capitol steps were saying Sam Houston was the biggest and most courageous supporter of Confederate sessesion. ?!

The biggest donut hole in our educational system is history.
Of this I am certain.





I am currently trying to see if my supposition that the US has never won a foreign civil war has any validity, be it Viet Nam or Iraq Wars but I need a history expert to review this idea before I can state it as fact.