I have never understood the use of “reiterate”. You see it used all the time and hear it on newscasts, etc. Iterate means to repeat. Reiterate means to repeat. Why do we have or need two words with the same meaning. It would seem to me that iterate is sufficient and “reiterate” is redundant. Why [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘history’
August 11, 2008
Russia invades Georgia, again
Stalin was born in Georgia. It has been part of Russia or a Russian sphere of influence for centuries. Often that history and control by Russia has been tenuous and turbulent. With the recent events of the last days and the world’s eyes on that part of the world it is uselfu to recall some [...]
July 16, 2008
Assessing Presidents, in the tertiary phase
I have some trouble with this topic because I keep thinking of biographies I have read and other historical judgments on the various Presidents but I am determined to make this my personal judgment from the impressions that they made on me at the time when they served and I was doing the usual thing [...]
July 14, 2008
Assessing Presidents
With the presidential campaign in full swing, I ruminated recently about how I would judge some of the many Presidents who held office during my lifetime. They really do run the gamut in ability and achievements or lack of them. They also varied a great deal in their personal appeal. You may not like what [...]
