Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Monday, September 23, 2013
A review of Melvyn Bragg's “The Adventure of English” (ITV)
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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - William Shakespeare 's "...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Our Constitution
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A document may not seem To be of much worth. But one of them is among The best of things on Earth. It is our Constitution. It hel...
Miracle at Philadelphia
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A miracle occurred in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The United States Constitution was signed. It was the product of four lon...
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Adam Smith and the American Revolution
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"The rebellious war now levied is become more general, and is manifestly carried on for the purpose of establishing an independent em...
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Movies I've watched with foreign-language subtitles
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Specifically, Spanish and French subtitles
Saturday, August 31, 2013
A review of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939 film)
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"Your friend Mr. Lincoln had his Taylors and Paines. So did every other man who ever tried to lift his thought up off the ground. Odd...
Saturday, August 24, 2013
The Founding Fathers and the History Channel
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The History Channel has made a few documentaries about the lives of the Founding Fathers . There is one in particular that I would like t...
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