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Please join me at my new blog, The Garden of Memory.
Hello all! It's been a long time since I updated this blog, and there's a reason for that: I've moved my blogging operations to a new platform. ...more
Sean Murger Blogs
February 27, 2023•1 min read
Conservatives are terrified of the past. Let's teach children to be unafraid.
Right now, in America, history and history teachers are under fire from political conservatives. The now-famous buzzwords "Critical Race Theory" are sweeping the country, and conservative politicians ... ...more
Sean Murger Blogs
June 11, 2021•9 min read
Oswald acted alone: faith vs. fact in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Today, November 22, 2020, is the 57th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. JFK is a personal hero of mine, and while I would much rather remember the wisdom and compassion he espoused ... ...more
Sean Murger Blogs
November 22, 2020•9 min read
If you were stranded: 5 examples of "desert islands" in the real world.
We've all heard the trope, and probably many of us have answered questions on social media that begin, "If you were stranded on a desert island...?" ...more
Sean Murger Blogs
September 04, 2020•7 min read
Only You: The somewhat depressing history of Smokey the Bear.
In the depths of World War II, on August 9, 1944, the U.S. Forest Service released a public service poster that featured for the first time a character who would become iconic in American history and ... ...more
Sean Murger Blogs
August 27, 2020•6 min read
Robert Stack knows all: "Unsolved Mysteries" and how we see the unknown.
As you may be aware, the old 1980s television series Unsolved Mysteries has recently been rebooted on Netflix for a new season, technically its 15th. ...more
Sean Murger Blogs
August 18, 2020•6 min read
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