Sunday, June 26, 2016

A review of Ken Burns’ “The West”

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"Nevada Territory is fabulously rich in gold, silver, lead, coal, iron, quicksilver... thieves, murderers, desperadoes ... lawyers, ...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

How the Constitution was almost not ratified

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"The ratification of the conventions of  nine states , shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the sta...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Reflections on learning about history of the Ancient Near East

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"The term 'Near East' is not widely used today. It has survived in a scholarship rooted in the nineteenth century when it was...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Reflections on learning about Spanish linguistics

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So I recently finished reading " El español a través de la lingüística: Preguntas y respuestas " ("Spanish Through Linguistic...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

David Hume and “The Wealth of Nations”

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"Commerce and manufactures gradually introduced order and good government, and with them the liberty and security of individuals, amo...
Monday, May 2, 2016

Latin America became independent because of Napoleonic Wars – (well, partially)

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" ... the American continents , by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be ...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

My search for the Hebrew Bible in the original

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"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the L ORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and ma...