History, Rinse, & Repeat

06/01/2025

Think you've read everything there is on Luigi Mangione? How about this take on an almost identical attack 133 years ago.

The past few weeks’ news has been, to a large degree, dominated by two contrasting stories.

13/09/2024

Does Chinese censorship of Hollywood movies mirror that of the N***s?

There were minor splash waves made in the entertainment world earlier this September after Alien: Romulus made $26 million over its Chinese weekend debut.

13/09/2024

Does the American Civil War teach us lessons about the Israeli-Hamas conflict? Read our piece below.

The Israeli-Hamas conflict has returned to the forefront of the news with the ex*****on by Hamas of six Israeli hostages.

12/08/2024

https://historyrinserepeat.substack.com/p/the-zionist-ted-talk-how-todays-antisemitism

The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece, The Protesters Make the Case for Zionism, that was of particular interest to me. Several months ago, I wrote the preliminary draft of a similar piece, after discussions with charter subscriber Jonathan Dorfman. I had hoped to be the first to raise the ar...

15/04/2024

Log on to History, Rinse, & Repeat for a fun piece about how social media users' employment of code words to evade censorship has a long tradition.

While the History, Rinse, and Repeat article earlier this week focused on speech codes and regulations imposed on speech by a body of authority, just as interesting a topic is the flip-side of speech codes: self-censorship. The concept of uncensored and free speech is still a relatively new one, arg...

07/03/2024

https://historyrinserepeat.substack.com/p/smoke-and-mirrors-a-look-into-capitalist

A little over a year ago, the weight-loss drug Ozempic exploded in popularity, promising a quick and easy slim-down to anyone able to get the popular prescription. Of course, when one door opens, another closes – and in this case, the door seems to be closing on the body positivity movement, as no...

01/03/2024

https://historyrinserepeat.substack.com/p/talking-turkey-an-examination-of

The New York Times’ 1619 Project, that paper’s alternative take on the history and the purported effect of slavery on this country, begins with a dramatic tableau: “In August 1619, a ship appeared off the coast of Point Comfort, Virginia, carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans, who were sold ...

22/02/2024

https://historyrinserepeat.substack.com/p/the-kings-leech-the-british-royal

Earlier this month, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer. Though specific details about his health have understandably been kept private, the press has reported that the king has returned to London to begin undergoing treatment, and we here at HR&R wish him a....

08/02/2024

https://historyrinserepeat.substack.com/p/when-constabulary-dutys-to-be-done

Over the past several months, this author has been consumed by two topics that have been dominating the news: the antisemitism that has swept this country generally, and college campuses specifically, and, more parochially, the plagiarism scandals that have engulfed Harvard. The two topics are inter...

04/02/2024

https://historyrinserepeat.substack.com/p/steppes-to-success-a-look-into-historys

Meritocracy seems like one of those systems that should be ubiquitous – throughout both history and in the present. After all, it makes basic sense that those who are best at what they do get promoted. But instances of meritocracy in historical organizations are relatively few. Even in groups wher...

17/01/2024

Read about "The Lazarus Effect" and learn why it will likely affect you and the coming generations in the future. Click below:

17/01/2024

https://historyrinserepeat.substack.com/p/aloha-claudine-gay

The past several weeks saw two abdications that are of personal interest to us here at History, Rinse & Repeat. In her annual New Year’s Day address, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Europe’s longest-reigning monarch, announced that she would leave the throne on January 14, 2024, fifty-two years t...