
Tag: history
124 Posts


We don’t marry our parents. We marry our unfinished business. Intriguing quote by Edith Eger

How many can you answer? General knowledge quiz. Pub Quiz. Things to do when bored. (round 17)

Deeply moving interview with a survivor of Auschwitz, Leon Henry. With English subtitles

I have this terrible affliction :: Corona diary

Characteristics of Slovak people and Slovak culture. Things to consider when moving to Slovakia

Biden’s pathetic inauguration shows America’s cultural and moral bankruptcy. Michael McCaffrey wrote a savagely correct analysis of the whole ordeal.

Challenging party quiz. University quiz (round 15)

Covid diary :: Playing boardgames against yourself

20 useful lessons and a lot of dangerous bias. Timothy Snyder’s Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century misses the most important lesson

The history of the gaming industry :: High Score :: Documentaries worth watching

Filthy rich :: documentaries worth watching

The devil next door :: Documentaries worth watching

Hey 2020, a lot of people are mad at you, but I still like you

Troy Fall Of A City is quite good

What do I think the US needs? 20 measures for a better future

Great German series :: Barbaren

Difficult words (5)

Heartbreaking World II movie. The Eastern Front (2020)

Stop the silly scare mongering. Trump will leave in January without any kind of major incident

Letters to my son :: Celebrating the 11th of November

Difficult general knowledge quiz for students. Round 9

Difficult general knowledge quiz for students. Round 6

How to make lessons more exciting. How to engage students. Learn Dutch in Bratislava. Timeline game for language lessons.

Difficult general knowledge quiz for students. Round 1

John Pilger: Julian Assange’s Crimes Are Truth Telling & Making War Criminals Look in The Mirror

Watch Chris Hedges on his latest book, ‘America: The Farewell Tour’

Custom made puzzle of the battle of Antietam fought 138 years ago today. Created by Matt Pehrson

The 38th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila Massacre.

Iconic quotes literally dumbed down so contemporary Americans can enjoy them too.

recommended reading, US foreign policy
8 myths Americans believe according to Lee Camp

Explaining a dream

Things that changed my life. 12/366 :: The wonder years

76 years ago today :: The start of the Slovak national uprising, 29th of August 1944

An overlooked Civil War movie :: Pharaoh’s army (1995)

The psychology of Dawson Leery. An example of a modestly succesful Pisces.

A week of teaching in Bratislava. No pedagogy class will ever prepare you for real teaching

Things that changed my life. 8/366 :: The battle of Bull Run and the comic book series The Bluecoats

american civil war, anything to help you #thrive, history, movies, Things that changed my life
Things that changed my life. 7/366 :: The movie Glory.

When to give up on something

21 disturbing things about Srebrenica 25 years later

american civil war, history, Politics & Strategy
25 years after Srebrenica :: The Dutch and the struggle with the truth. The story behind the infamous Mladić Karremans toast

80 years ago today :: The Nazi invasion of Belgium

Letters to friends :: Eliminate everything that doesn’t serve you.

The roots of the US-Iranian conflict. What the mainstream media is not telling you about Iran

US strategy in the war against Iran. Battle plans leaked. Major security fail.

Things that changed my life. 2/366 :: George Armstrong Custer

How to respond to people who believe in ‘lost cause’ myths. Neo-Confederate talking points debunked.

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‘Slovak women take better care of their husbands’. We asked Zuzka B. to share her thoughts on life in Slovakia
