Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 12, 2025

I think I’ve had quite enough of peoples “revisionist history”. And nothing going on is relatable, unless you’ve lived in a totalitarian state.

Funny this, trump has ordered any use of GAY to be deleted from DOD history included Enola Gay and any reference to it!

As a pre-teen, I enjoyed reading books from the “We Were There” series, available in our small-town ‘Carnegie Library’.

From the Internet:

“The We Were There books are a series of historical novels written for children. The series consists of 36 titles, first released between 1955 and 1963 by Grosset & Dunlap. Each book in the series is a fictional retelling of an historical event, featuring one or more children as primary characters.”

I doubt if Danae’s books would be accepted into the series — unless the series veered into science/fantasy alternative history themes.

Um .. ‘POV’ (or Point of View) is mainly used in pornographic ‘video clips’ (for want of a better word). Or, so I am told .. wouldn’t know, myself.

Sheesh. She’s worse than Calvin.

Well, that’s what historical fiction is about, to try and make it more fun

Is Forrest Gump also in there?

“You are there.”

So she was the one on the grassy knoll.

Orwell said it best“the present controls the past”

Maybe to you ……

At the historic cemetery where I serve as a guide the first and most important rule is; “Thou Shalt Not Make Anything Up”. We don’t. We don’t have to. The truth is almost always stranger than fiction.

“So from your point of view, YOU invented electricity?”

“It wasn’t easy. But you can thank me after the state dinner.”

Were you there, Danae?

Not too long ago, this would have been considered satire, now it’s just Wednesday.

We are living through an era that history books will be written about. Are you having historic fun yet?

I found history was much more interesting when I got away from rulers and their dates, and started looking at developments in religion, science, and the technology that most affected ordinary people’s everyday lives. I recommend The Timetables of History (The New Third Revised Edition), by Bernard Grun, based upon Werner Stein’s Kulturfahrplan, A Touchstone Book, Published by Simon & Schuster

Danae is just adding a few “alternative facts.”

What’s the problem with that? /s

P.O.V. Means … ?

Some teachers would write ‘waffle’ over the test sheet with a big red marker.

Oooo, the “Let’s Impeach Him!” course in history….

Tired of her.

All history is POV. The best is as objective as possible.

It’s all P.O.V. dear, have you met Network TV ? ;-)

Let’s all have a rousing chorus of “I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago”!

Lucy’s eyes on the 3rd panel and is that her tongue sticking out? LMAO

This section of your comic strip SUCKS.

James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me was a really enlightening read.

Livy and Herodotus pretty much set the bar for making history more interesting. Livy made up a lot of stuff but is still boring. Herodotus is fun.

Despite what it says in your textbook, I assure you, “D-Day” does not stand for “Danae-Day.”

If I want to watch history that’s been made more interesting and relatable, I’ll opt for Peabody’s Improbable History, the cartoon segment from Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends.

And don’t forget : “the good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means”. Otherwise, go for it, Danae!