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April 26, 2017

The Cost of Desegregation

We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a

June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

November 4, 2020

A Sham “Election Day”

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Book Review – "The Global Cold War"

January 2, 2017

The Global Cold War. Odd Arne Westad. New York: Cambrige University Press, 2005. 494 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-0521853644 Odd Arne Westad challenges the traditional view of the Cold War being a

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Happy New Year!

January 1, 2017

We don’t think much about our calendar. It’s just there, isn’t it? But how did it get here? The calendar most of us use is called the Gregorian Calendar. It was introduced

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The Muslim Question

December 30, 2016

It is a standard motif in Western (Cowboy) novels and movies. A cowboy is shot, and before healing can begin, the bullet must be removed. Once the projectile is obtained, the wound is

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On the Senate

December 29, 2016

Why are there two Houses of Congress? The simplest answer is that the House of Representatives was to represent the People, and the Senate was to represent the States. The Connecticut Compromise

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Man of the West: Freddie West

December 29, 2016

Air Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, VC, CBE, MC (19 January 1896 – 8 July 1988) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry

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Zachary Taylor's Inaugural Address

December 28, 2016

Editor’s Note: Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States served for only 16 months before dying in office. Before, he had served with distinction as a career soldier, rising to

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Analysis of "For the Soul of Mankind"

December 27, 2016

Leffler’s Thesis, Argument, and Persuasiveness Leffler presents the idea that the Cold War was a “struggle for a way of life” (p. 3). He began writing soon after the fall of Communism

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Why the British Colonized North America

December 26, 2016

Considering the North American continent to be savage and uncivilized, and in need of British influence, British apologists called on their fellow Englishmen to redeem the land, as directed by God’s Providence

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St. John Chrysostom’s Christmas Homily

December 25, 2016

BEHOLD a new and wondrous mystery. My ears resound to the Shepherd’s song, piping no soft melody, but chanting full forth a heavenly hymn. The Angels sing. The Archangels blend their voice

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Book Review: The Balkans in World History

December 24, 2016

The Balkans in World History. Andrew Baruch Wachtel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 125 pp. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-19-533801-0 This book is one volume of the larger New Oxford World History, which

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History - Page 124

The Cost of Desegregation

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

A Sham “Election Day”

Book Review – "The Global Cold War"

Happy New Year!

The Muslim Question

On the Senate

Man of the West: Freddie West

Zachary Taylor's Inaugural Address

Analysis of "For the Soul of Mankind"

Why the British Colonized North America

St. John Chrysostom’s Christmas Homily

Book Review: The Balkans in World History

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