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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

December 16, 2019

Decline And Fall Of The United States

History·Religion

St. Nicholas – the True Story

December 6, 2016

St. Nicholas was born in the year 270 AD to wealthy parents. He was very involved in the Church at an early age and always observed the Wednesday and Friday fasts. His

History·Philosophy·Politics

Thomas Paine – American Crisis

December 5, 2016

Editor’s Note: in the following paragraphs, we present the first beginning of one of Thomas Paine’s most famous essays, wherein he describes the situation in America as he saw it at the

Culture·History·Politics

Book Review – "The Dead Hand"

December 5, 2016

The Dead Hand. David E. Hoffman. New York: Doubleday, 2009. 575 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-0-385-52437-7 David Hoffman’s chilling narrative of the arms race between the Soviet Union and The United States presents

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Second Sunday of Advent

December 4, 2016

Isaiah 11:1-10 The Righteous Reign of the Branch There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of

Culture·History

Victorian Era Propaganda

December 3, 2016

As the Victorian Age drew to a close and the Edwardian period began, the British Empire found that ties to colonial dominions were weaker than they had been (James, p. 319). The

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Analysis of "America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-2006"

November 30, 2016

How and When Did the Cold War Begin? It is commonly accepted that the Cold War began soon after World War II ended, as the capitalist United States (US) and the communist

History

Poles Vs Germans: The Battle of Wizna

November 29, 2016

When the Germans rolled into Poland with over 40,000 troops, they were expecting little resistance from the Poles. What they got instead was the Polish Thermopylae. The Polish army had been building

Culture·History·Philosophy

Book Review – "Mohammed and Charlemagne"

November 29, 2016

Why Did The Author Write The Book? This book was the result of Pirenne’s final years of research. His son states that Pirenne returned “again and again to his study of the available

History·Politics

Message on Federal Employee Political Involvement

November 28, 2016

By President Grover Cleveland (July 14, 1886) To the Heads of Departments in the Service of the General Government: I deem this a proper time to especially warn all subordinates in the

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First Sunday of Advent

November 27, 2016

Isaiah 2:1-5 The Mountain of the Lord The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain

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