This Week in History.

I have been inspired by a fellow teacher to have a new posting type. To explain why any particular week has some fame to it. This week has a particularly good note to it but also a negative note to it.
First the Negative(Unless your name is Anne Coulter or any of her brood) back in 1950 Senator "Adolph" sorry Joseph McCarthy told Congress that he had the names of 57 number of Communists in the State Department. Of course this number kept on changing. This would cause most sane and intelligent people to realize that McCarthy was full of it. Most sane and intelligent people today realize this but back in 1950 this was not the case. McCarthy was able to create a witch hunt. Now Coulter (G-D Bless her soul) believes that this witch hunt was not only justified but that the Democrats who helped end his hunt for Communists were traitors to the United States. It is really a shame that such a horribly disturbed mind is trapped in a pretty good looking body.
On the Positive Note. On February 11th 1990. In the country of South Africa Nelson Mandela was released from prison. I don't think we need to explain why this was a good thing. This event changed the history of South Africa. Within a few years Mandela became President in the first free elections in South Africa. I can still remember footage of the voting lines snaking down the hill. I was such a amazing moment.