nik0p0l John Helin I mean you’re not wrong, but there are systemic issues with manpower and munitions right now that can’t be ignored

Man, you get some weird emails as a historian.

An article on Xi and Taiwan from retired Rear Admiral and former director of the Office of Naval Intelligence Michael Studeman.

Even as we celebrate the success in aid going to Ukraine this week, this was a highly sobering read.

warontherocks.com/2024/04/china-…

'Elite higher ed is cringe.'

I am proud that I completed my graduate education at state schools in rural states. Of course, I would have relished the change to use the libraries, for example, at a ivy league school, but I met incredible scholars at my humble state schools.

Just go to a state school. The premium you're paying for elite private colleges vs. the better public schools is for social clout and not the quality of the education. And that's worth a lot less now that people have figured out that elite higher ed is cringe.

Why do you need to read historiography, amateur historians?