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Brian Scott MacKenzie

Brian Scott MacKenzie

Who Botched Afghanistan?

How Trump made America First to surrender to the Taliban

Aug 31

Who Botched Afghanistan?

Aug 31

Brian Scott MacKenzie

Our National Anthem, according to 8th graders

Before teaching the War of 1812 and the genesis of the US National Anthem, I gave my 8th grade American history students a pretest.

Feb 6, 2023

Portrait of lyricist Francis Scott Key, original sheet music, & lithograph of the siege of Fort McHenry

Feb 6, 2023

Brian Scott MacKenzie

A Nose for Patriotism

Kilroy was here: Winning World War II & Surviving COVID

Oct 15, 2021

A Nose for Patriotism

Oct 15, 2021

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Age of Awareness

Teaching Teens in a Global Pandemic

COVID, videogames, & the weirdest school year ever

Jun 27, 2021

Teaching Teens in a Global Pandemic

Jun 27, 2021

Brian Scott MacKenzie

Thanks for writing.

Wilson wasn't "as fundamentally racist as they come." He lived during the long nadir of US race relations, but despite that--& despite his…

Mar 28, 2021

Mar 28, 2021

Brian Scott MacKenzie

Trump: All-Time Top Killer of Americans

Trump’s COVID failures have now killed more Americans than Jefferson Davis, Hitler, or Hirohito

Jan 7, 2021

Trump: All-Time Top Killer of Americans

Jan 7, 2021

Brian Scott MacKenzie

Straight Outta Kafka

How Twitter’s obtuse, hamfisted moderators censor facts & tolerate lies

Jan 7, 2021

Straight Outta Kafka

Jan 7, 2021

Brian Scott MacKenzie

George Washington Meets Black Lives Matter

How would the Founders assess the biggest mass protest in US history?

Oct 25, 2020

George Washington Meets Black Lives Matter

Oct 25, 2020

Brian Scott MacKenzie

White rage & the Little Rock Nine

President Eisenhower’s finest hour

Sep 24, 2020

White rage & the Little Rock Nine

Sep 24, 2020

Brian Scott MacKenzie

Gut-Shot in Buffalo

How racists erased the Black ex-cop who defended President McKinley from an anarchist assassin

Sep 7, 2020

Gut-Shot in Buffalo

Sep 7, 2020

Brian Scott MacKenzie

Brian Scott MacKenzie

History, politics, education, music, culture. Award-winning high school teacher, former principal. College instructor. Seahawks Diehard. Twitter: @brian_mrbmkz

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