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Maureen Ogle

Historian. Author. Ranter. Idea Junkie.

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Apr 16, 2025
An Open Letter to my Federal Representatives
Apr 16, 2025
Apr 16, 2025
Dec 22, 2022
A 2023 Update
Dec 22, 2022
Dec 22, 2022
Jun 24, 2022
Matters Existential
Jun 24, 2022
Jun 24, 2022
Ambitious Brew! Revised!
Sep 25, 2019
Ambitious Brew! Revised!
Sep 25, 2019

And, yes: I published this revised edition. I edited it. I published it. It belongs to ME. No agent, no publishing house. Why? Because if no one’s gonna make money on my books, I’d rather it be me.

Sep 25, 2019
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Jan 26, 2018
Don't Be One Of Those People
Jan 26, 2018
Jan 26, 2018
Jun 5, 2017
Pink Slime Trial Begins
Jun 5, 2017

If you're interested in what I wrote about the Pink Slime kerfuffle as it unfolded:

Jun 5, 2017
Mar 17, 2017
Making Sense of Trump/Bannon: The Sink or Swim Edition
Mar 17, 2017

Here’s something that drives me nuts: Why in the FUCK is anyone talking about manufacturing and coal mining? Seriously? 

Mar 17, 2017
Mar 16, 2017
Making Sense of Trump/Bannon: The Scary Cyber Version
Mar 16, 2017

In the age of cyber security and cyber warfare, the dangers are so infinite, so hard to track and destroy, so multiple and complicated, that dictatorship makes a weird kind of sense. 

Mar 16, 2017
Mar 14, 2017
Making Sense of Trump/Bannon: The View From New York City
Mar 14, 2017

The Upper East Side of NYC teems with Trump Types. They’re everywhere you look. Every block is awash with Ivana Trumps teetering their way in and out of cabs. Clones of Eric and Don Jr. abound. (They enjoy walking three abreast on the sidewalk and yes, you get out of their way, not vice versa.)

Mar 14, 2017
Mar 8, 2017
Making Sense of Trump/Bannon. March 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017

He calls it a renaissance, but we Americans have had many such moments in our history, most of them rooted in Christian politics. (Another topic itching for an historian's take.)

Mar 8, 2017
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Maureen Ogle

Website of Maureen Ogle, author and historian. Books include Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer; In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America; and Key West: History of An Island of Dreams.

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