Saturday, July 26, 2014

My perspective on “The Communist Manifesto”

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Ronald Reagan "How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-commun...
Friday, July 18, 2014

My experience with French

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"♪ Allons enfants de la Patrie / Le jour de gloire est arrivé! ♪" (" ♪  Oh come, ye children of the Fatherland  /  the day ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

A review of "Crucible of Empire: the Spanish-American War"

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I just finished watching "Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War," PBS's two-hour documentary about this time. I wa...
Friday, June 27, 2014

America and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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"And for this purpose have I [the Lord] established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto th...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Reflections on learning about history of Ancient Greece

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"The history of the ancient Greeks is one of the most improbable success stories in world history. A small people inhabiting a count...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Do checks and balances conflict with separation of powers?

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"The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who adm...
Friday, June 6, 2014

A review of Ken Burns’ “The War” (World War Two series)

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"The German Government, consequently, discontinues diplomatic relations with the United States of America and declares that under th...