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Eric Margolis
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Eric Margolis's personal blog at ericmargolis.com covers history and politics. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in an HN thread on the Maginot Line as a piece arguing the fortification was unfairly maligned and did its job pretty well.
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What Hacker News says?
I read somewhere recently that the Maginot line has been unfairly maligned and that it actually did its job pretty well. Edit: this is the piece I was thinking of: http://ericmargolis.com/2013/06/on-ne-passe-pas-the-unknown-...
Comment linking /2013/06/on-ne-passe-pas-the-unknown-victory-of-the-southern-maginot-line/
on “The Maginot Line”Submitted The Honey Trap on East 71st Street as a story · 47 points
HN discussionSubmitted Churchill’s disaster – Gallipoli as a story · 41 points
HN discussion