Sean Munger's History and Culture Dispatches

If you like my stuff, you should be reading it at The Garden of Memory.

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Jun 18, 2023 • 

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February 2023

I'm dissatisfied with this blog. Come join me at my new one.

My new site, The Garden of Memory, is a purer reflection of who I am and what I want to say.

Feb 5, 2023 • 

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December 2022

Truce: A thought for Christmas Eve (and Hanukkah).

The famous World War I Christmas Eve truce still has lessons for us today on how to build a better world.

Dec 24, 2022 • 

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November 2022

The Tools Cult: The History of the Amway Motivational Scam. (Part 3 of 3)

This is the story of how a predatory multilevel marketing company tried to root out an even more predatory scam operating within their own ranks--and…

Nov 15, 2022 • 

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The Tools Cult: The History of the Amway Motivational Scam. (Part 2 of 3)

The continuing story of one of the biggest grifts in recent American history, which raked in hundreds of millions and left desperate MLM scam victims…

Nov 14, 2022 • 

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The Tools Cult: The History of the Amway Motivational Scam. (Part 1 of 3)

This is the incredible story of how a tiny group of audacious men built one of the biggest grifts in American history--with far-reaching consequences.

Nov 13, 2022 • 

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August 2022

Why I wrote "The Son Thief": a tale of anxiety and escape.

Global warming is turning me into a crime writer, evidently.

Aug 2, 2022 • 

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June 2022

The Meaning of the Titanic Disaster.

The 1912 sinking of the luxury liner Titanic is one of the few historical events with near 100% name recognition. But what does it really mean in the…

Jun 17, 2022 • 

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May 2022

"The Son Thief," my new crime thriller: another climate change anxiety baby.

My second novel in nine months was written, as was the last one, in the shadow of political and environmental fear.

May 12, 2022 • 

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April 2022

How the fossil fuel industry ends.

Nationalization, expropriation and revolutionary violence will sweep away any semblance of an "orderly" transition to renewable energy.

Apr 1, 2022 • 

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March 2022

Meanwhile, the world is still burning from climate change.

Our attention is focused on Ukraine, but the disaster that threatens to upend civilization continues apace.

Mar 7, 2022 • 

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December 2021

Pretending to care: why "net zero" is delusional nonsense.

The latest fad in climate change self-delusion is going to look dreadful in historical hindsight.

Dec 9, 2021 • 

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