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cliffelam  ·  4221 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Well Said George

Oh, like many prof's the root of all evil was white european men. Arguable when you're talking about the conquest of the new world one can draw that as a conclusion. Anyway, this guy was a throwback hard drinking heavy smoking tenured prof in his early 40's who was busily working his way through the female graduate student body.

It was a neat class - he was a dynamic speaker, really knew the history, and didn't mind if you didn't agree wiht his interpretation as long as you were cogent. I didn't mind his rank communism.

I heard later he married a gal whose family had been early Wal*Mart investors. Irony is tasty as a main dish.

-XC