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mikeneagle.bsky.social

Historian; Former Reporter; Dad; Husband; Author of “America’s Forgotten Colony: Cuba’s Isle of Pines” (Cambridge University Press) and forthcoming “Chasing Bandits: America’s Long War on Terror” (University of North Carolina Press)

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In addition to the gross immorality of suggesting the removal of Palestinians from Gaza to create some sort of fakakta Mediterranean Riviera, I agree w/ @attackerman.bsky.social here re: the increased prospect for violence if any of this nonsense comes to pass: www.forever-wars.com/blowback-lik...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

I know it’s part of the Bannon “flood the zone with shit” approach, but this strikes me as a 5-alarm fire. I get trying to trim govt fat, but this is so grossly slipshod. We may be reaching the apotheosis of Reagan’s war on government. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Please to be reading my latest op-ed, written in collaboration with my Nichols College colleague Boyd Brown re: the U.S. & Syria in the wake of Assad's fall and the need for continued diplomatic and humanitarian engagement. www.telegram.com/story/opinio...

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If you watch only one short video today, make it this one. Remarkable bravery, and the looks on the various faces could be material for a dissertation on gender, the family, and authoritarianism. youtu.be/gVInX42IQD8?...

submitted 38 days ago • 430 comments

Trump didn't have his left hand on the Bible when he gave the oath. Did he have his fingers-crossed instead???

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Whatever happened to “Fiat justitia ruat caelum”? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

A life well-lived, Mr. President.

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Apparently, Tennesseein’ ain’t Tennebelievin! #CFP

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

www.nichols.edu/news/neagle-...

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My review in The Americas of Joan Flores-Villalobos terrific book, "The Silver Women" (published by University of Pennsylvania Press) about West Indian women's contributions to the Panama Canal project. doi.org/10.1017/tam....

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I found this post by @attackerman.bsky.social re: the fall of #Aleppo to be incredibly helpful in sorting out all the players and complex machinations in this escalating conflict. www.forever-wars.com/the-other-wa...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Please to be reading my latest op-ed in the Worcester Telegram about the historical currents that Trump tapped in his recent electoral victory: www.telegram.com/story/opinio...

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...