Just in case the readers of this blog are history geeks like me, as well as being blog readers, here are two blogs that are wonderfully witty, insightful, and thought-provoking.

The Edge of the American West, www.edgeofthewest.wordpress.com, is written by a group of history professors from a California University. They write about current events and trends in America and their historical roots – and what this can tell us about where these events and trends will take us. I do not always agree with them, but I’m always impressed by their erudition. Author Malcolm Gladwell’s blog is on his website, www.gladwell.com. If you have not read Gladwell’s books – Blink, The Tipping Point, and Outliers – read them! Or you can start by reading his blog or his articles in The New Yorker, some of which are also on his website. I promise your mind will start doing cartwheels. You’ll never see small things as small again.

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