Sunday, February 22, 2015

George Washington: The man and the movies

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"Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country ...
Friday, February 6, 2015

A review of PBS's "Ronald Reagan" movie

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"One of my favorite quotations about age comes from Thomas Jefferson. He said that we should never judge a president by his age, only...
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Monday, February 2, 2015

A review of “The U.S.-Mexican War 1846-1848” (PBS series)

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"The occupation, separation, and annexation [of Texas] were, from the inception of the movement to its final consummation, a conspira...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Adam Smith and slavery

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Liberals love to give scathing denunciations of plantation slavery (denunciations I agree with), as well as declare their support of socia...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Some fun facts about our solar system

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Most of us know that the years on other planets seldom (if ever) correspond to the years on our own. Here are some fun facts about the yea...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Montesquieu quoted in Federalist Papers: Separation of powers

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This post is the last half of a two-part blog post. To see the first half, click here .

Montesquieu quoted in Federalist Papers: “Confederate republics”

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Introduction During the debates over whether or not to ratify the  United States Constitution , both sides in the debate quoted from a  ...