Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
A review of PBS's “Truman” movie
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"The Buck Stops Here." - A sign on Truman's desk in the Oval Office It might seem strange to hear a Republican like me s...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Why I'm glad that I learned French
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“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...
Sunday, April 27, 2014
The most fascinating man in American history
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"My family is American , and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral." - Opening lines of "P...
A review of “Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior President”
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"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...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Ben-Hur: My favorite Hollywood movie of all time
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"And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS ." - ...
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Does communism cause poverty? (The two experiments that prove it does)
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Karl Marx, the chief founder of communism Does communism cause poverty? And how can this be tested? Karl Marx What counts as...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Why the distant past isn't talked about
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"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,...
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