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My blog posts revolve around my interests and vocation as a historian: the intersection of history and contemporary church life, the intersection of history and contemporary politics, serendipitous discoveries in archives or on research trips, publications and research projects, upcoming conferences, and speaking engagements.
I sometimes blog for two other organizations, the Canadian Baptist Historical Society and the Centre for Post-Christendom Studies. The views expressed in these blogs represent the views of the authors, and not necessarily those of any organizations with which they are associated. |
Gordie Howe is one of the most famous hockey players in hockey lore. And Canadian hockey fans know that a “Gordie Howe Hat Trick” is an expression for the perfect or complete game – one that includes a goal, an assist, and a fight. Of course, the pugilistic third part of the equation may irk or mystify some, but it nonetheless captures what some deem to be an ideal game, the perfect night, or the complete package.
As one who likes to use hockey analogies for parts of everyday life, I think that the expression a Gordie Howe Hat Trick – the complete package – can be tweaked to refer to the complete package when it comes to what historians do. And that expression would be a “Thucydides Hat Trick”.
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 Here is a recent opinion piece I had published in the Hamilton Spectator:
https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2022/08/31/charter-protections-failed-during-pandemic.html |
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