Thursday, March 31, 2016

A review of “Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson”

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"Boxing has fallen into disfavor ... The reason is clear: Jack Johnson ... has out-sparred an Irishman. He did it with little brutali...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

A review of Fergal Keane's “The Story of Ireland” (BBC Northern Ireland)

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" ... the said kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland shall, upon the first day of January, which shall be in the year of our lord on...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Learning Spanish from doing missionary work

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"... every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language , through those who are ordained unto ...
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Reflections on studying the history of languages (and how they change over time)

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So I recently read a book called "Historical Linguistics" (3rd edition) , by Winfred P. Lehmann , which talks about the way that...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

A review of PBS's “FDR” movie

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"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that t...
Friday, January 8, 2016

A review of “The War of 1812” (PBS program)

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"No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave , And the star-spangled banner in...
Monday, November 30, 2015

A review of Neil Oliver's “A History of Scotland”

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"That the Two Kingdoms of  Scotland and England  shall upon the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof and forever after be  U...