History on the Run is a blog dedicated to the past's impact on today. History, foreign policy, economics, and more will be blended up weekly for a spin on today's events or a simply rethinking of our common past. Beyond that this is the blog of the podcast and here can be found the scripts from the shows. The blog will probably be more political than the podcast and will not focus so much on the historical narrative.

The podcast is available on Itunes and is called History on the Run

You may also listen to it here: http://historyontherun.libsyn.com/webpage

A list of all transcripts from the podcast is available here: https://sites.google.com/site/historyontherun/

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Next Saga


In Iraq there is a unicameral legislature. In Germany, Britain, and America there are bicameral legislatures. Why is that? If you look up unicameral legislature on Wikipedia you find it say that:


“Unicameral legislatures typically exist in small and homogeneous unitary states, where a second  chamber is considered unnecessary.

            Iraq, it seems to me, is not a country that is a homogeneous society. In fact, history has shown it is the exact opposite of that as Shia and Sunni bash each other to bits. I’ve decided to start looking into and writing up some stuff for a series on comparative government. I have already started reading papers, and I’m pulling out stuff I’ve already read. 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Comedy in Germany.

Schroeder's policies did not get complete support from within Germany and his own party. This is one video that was on the Gerd Show mocking Schroeder. See the video link provided below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=mPC0wBy-Pf0

Puppet Version:


And Schroeder in real life: