Moments like this - posted on The Daily Dish last night - leave me fantasizing about becoming a superhero who responds to emergencies of historical illiteracy.
My base would be carved into a mountain of books somewhere in the stacks of an obscure archive. I'd have an old-timey, station-to-station telephone that would ring whensoever society's understanding of history was being threatened.
Commissioner Kearns Goodwin: "We need your help, NuClio!"
NuClio: "What's wrong? Are they trying to pass new standards for social studies in No Child Left Behind?"
Commissioner Kearns Goodwin: "Even worse. The Decider is giving a press conference about his 'legacy.'"
NuClio: "I'll be there in good time. Just let me prep a little research."
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You're going to need like a dozen sidekicks. Perhaps we can form some kind of superhero collective, each responding to a particular area of need. And perhaps we can organize lectures to prevent this kind of historical illiteracy. We could call them "schools" or "colleges," and people would pay for us to teach them about history.
I have just sucked all the fun out of and thereby ruined a spectacular idea. I'm sorry.
I think you have come up with the best superhero name ever.
-Captain Euterpe
Well, it's no "Coke Van Parameter," but it'll do.
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