Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
How I got interested in politics
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"I must study politicks and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematicks and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematic...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
My favorite Western film (Lewis and Clark)
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I have seen a lot of great Westerns, but my favorite in the genre is not a Hollywood film at all, but a four-hour Ken Burns documentar...
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Confessions of a Facebooker
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It's probably been suspected by some, but I plan the vast majority of my Facebook statuses weeks in advance. With some posts (like ...
Saturday, March 2, 2013
A Senator at the gates of heaven
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While walking down the street one day a United States Senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Frederick Douglass: The forgotten antislavery leader
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"Sincerely and earnestly hoping that this little book may do something toward throwing light on the American slave system , and haste...
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
My late grandfather's medal citation
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Grandpa Wells during World War II ***** The Secretary of the Navy Washington The President of the United States takes pleas...
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Benjamin Franklin: Renaissance Man
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"I may as well confess it, since my denial of it will be believed by nobody ... perhaps I shall a good deal gratify my own vanity. I...
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