Sparks Commentary

“The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact , by which the whole people covenants with eac...

World War II has been depicted in countless books , documentaries , and Hollywood movies . Some of these movies are basically action films o...

This is a follow-up to a blog post from 2014 . (For this earlier post, click here .) I wrote a post some years ago about my experience with ...

“There is a Facebook dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as cyberspace and as time-wasting as infinity....

This is a follow-up to a blog post from 2014 . (For the earlier post, click here .) I freely admit that I'm not a native speak...

You might try the Loeb Classical Library , described at Wikipedia here and found at this website here . (The rest of this post is about h...

"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the L ORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and ma...

"... every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language , through those who are ordained unto ...

"Philosophy is common sense with big words." - Attributed to  James Madison Why political theory, instead of just political ...

"Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp. One is washed abo...

It is well-known among my friends that I am a foreign language buff. Some of my friends also know that I am a  philosophy  buff as well. ...

This post expands upon a story from a previous blog post, linked to here .

"♪ Allons enfants de la Patrie / Le jour de gloire est arrivé! ♪" (" ♪  Oh come, ye children of the Fatherland  /  the day ...

“English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in a...

"♪ Mexicanos, al grito de guerra / el acero aprestad y el bridón. Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra, al sonoro rugir del cañón. ♪...

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receivet...

It's probably been suspected by some, but I plan the vast majority of my Facebook statuses weeks in advance. With some posts (like ...

"We would … hope that every missionary learning a new … language would master it in every way possible. … And as you do so, your [tea...