#Writing: "Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable." – Paul Lynde, born 100 years ago on today's date
Journalists interview dictators: “Hunting the big game.” www.cjr.org/feature/shou...
#Writing: "You bring me a picture like this and want money for it? You may as well put your hand in my pocket and steal it. It isn't commercial. Everyone in it dies." – Adolph Zukor, who died 50 years ago on today's date, after reading the script for Broken Blossoms
#Writing: "The truth of the journal does not lie in the interesting and literary remarks to be found in it, but in the insignificant details that tie it to everyday reality.” - Maurice Blanchot
"When you push the button you get poked by something sharp."
Today's #historical #artifact from Damn History, my free newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory.
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The film Nuremberg, directed by James Vanderbilt and adapted from my book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, continues to spark discussion and influence audiences. If you haven't yet watched it, it's currently on Netflix in the US. countercurrents.org/2026/06/nure...
"Ongoing, often unseen war."
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Encounters on the line between control and conditions.
This is a really weird novelty toy! When you push the button you get poked by something sharp. From what I understand, these were popular in the late 1800's. Please don't let children play with this.
The family of Olga R almost threw out the collection of 20 songs written by concentration camp prisoners after her death, before discovering its incredible history
Were the German Nazis unique in their cruel disposition and capacity for genocidal evil? None of those who studied them, especially during the famous Nuremberg Trials, believed so. This was…
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Most flags used to be ugly. They were probably better that way.
