Mary Grabar critiques Howard Zinn and the New York Times’ 1619 project.
Matt Ridley explains how innovation happened. On HumanProgress.org.
They even sent children by mail. National Geographic tells the history of the U. S. Post Office.
Jared Diamond writes about “The Germs that Transformed History.” In the Wall Street Journal (behind a paywall).
“[The Black Death’s] immediate effect on Western Europe’s economy and trade was disastrous. Paradoxically, though, its long-term impact was positive.”