Slender Threads / Global Citizens / Public History
Jim BuieNot mere commentary and opinion. Mini-courses, grounded in the study of global and American history and culture, what ifs, wide travel, and journalistic experience. Seeking a common understanding of humanity, politics, religion, and the arts, with humor.
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On Monday, I will be in the hospital undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. It was caught early, before metastasizing beyond the prostate. The recovery time is weeks.
I reveal this a) to remind men 50 and over to get a prostate exam ever...
What Was Alexander the Great's True Significance?
“Why should I care about this dead guy from 2,300 years ago?” a surly 8th grader asked.
“Why should I care about this dead guy from 2,300 years ago?” a surly 8th grader asked.
If Ottomans Took Vienna Even Briefly, Anglican Church Might Not Exist
The empire of Ottoman (Turkish) Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent spread all the way to the gates of Vienna in the 1520s.
The empire of Ottoman (Turkish) Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent spread all the way to the gates of Vienna in the 1520s....
What If Race-based Slavery Did Not Exist? Could America Have Survived Without Slavery?
It is so difficult to pinpoint exactly a “what if” moment from the terrible individual decisions of Europeans, specifically the Portuguese, to kidnap, buy, and sell human beings from Africa, into slavery.
It is so difficult to pinpoint exa...
Empires, Capitalism, Great Man Theory Gamified in 'Civilization VII'
Does it also normalize authoritarianism?
The study of any empire begins with RISE, continues with EXPANSION, SUSTAINANCE, DIPLOMACY, then DECLINE, and finally, the FALL. Sid Meier’s Civilization has for nearly 35 years sought to gamify thi...
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Social studies and college communications instructor. Professional writer for 4+ decades. PR, Marketing Consultant. Author. Traveler to 40+ countries & 40+ states. Lived in Turkey, UAE. Now in Fearrington Village, NC. Saluki (desert dog)-lover.
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