Sparks Commentary

"My family is American , and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral." - Opening lines of "P...

"The war between the States was a very bloody and a very costly war. One side or the other had to yield principles they deemed dearer...

"And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS ." - ...

Karl Marx, the chief founder of communism Does communism cause poverty? And how can this be tested? Karl Marx What counts as...

"One might also say that history is not about the past. If you think about it, no one ever lived in the past . Washington, Jefferson,...

I don't know where I came across this poem,  but I thought it was clever.

"The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment, with which...