Category Archives: Social Science & History

Terror in rural Minnesota!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

I started out last Monday writing my weekly movie review when a report of terrorist activity in Montevideo, Minnesota landed on my desk. The FBI press release had it that someone named Buford “Bucky” Rogers had been arrested in a … Continue reading →

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May Day

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: Cross-posted on my professional blog at the Marshall Independent. Yesterday, May 1, I saw a Facebook post by an academic I’ve known for… a long time. He teaches history in an east coast college and advertises himself as a … Continue reading →

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Review: 42

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This appeared in the print-only TV Guide of the Marshall Independent. According to Entertainment Weekly, “42” made Hollywood history with the highest-grossing premier of any baseball-themed movie. Which is true but almost beside the point. It’s not just about … Continue reading →

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Sticks and stones may break my bones…

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This is my syndicated column. Well, we know the rest of that old saying isn’t true. Words hurt. Sometimes a lot, depending on who says them. In every society children are taught social rules for what kinds of speech … Continue reading →

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Habemus Papam

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: My syndicated column of a couple weeks back. I sometimes forget to archive them here right off, but better late… On March 13, the white smoke let the waiting world know the conclave of cardinals had elected a new … Continue reading →

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Review: Vikings

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This originally appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. Kine die, kin die And so at last yourself: But this I know that never dies How dead men’s deeds are deemed. – Hávamál: The Words of … Continue reading →

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Effort Shock

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This is last week’s syndicated column. Every now and again a term gets coined and comes into circulation that perfectly describes in shorthand a phenomenon you used to have to use whole sentences, paragraphs, pages or books to describe. … Continue reading →

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Some background to “The Americans” Part 2

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: Cross-posted on my professional blog at The Marshall Independent. In my post on recommended reading for anyone whose interest in Cold War history has been piqued by the FX series, “The Americans” I provided a reading list of sources … Continue reading →

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Review: Argo

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: I see “Argo” won an academy award, and I see I neglected to post my review which first appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. So here it is. After a slow beginning the reputation of … Continue reading →

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Some background to “The Americans” Part 1

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: Cross-posted from my blog at The Marshall Independent. My review of “The Americans” appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. For those wishing to know more about that era, or just want to know if I’m … Continue reading →

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