Tuesday, January 24, 2017

A review of PBS's “The Gold Rush”

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The California Gold Rush is one of those events that tends to have been heard of by the public, but is often overlooked by popular histori...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

A review of Andrew Marr’s “Modern Britain” series (1901-2007)

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"In this Act the expression 'Dominion'  means any of the following Dominions, that is to say, the Dominion of Canada, the Commo...
Monday, January 9, 2017

The most controversial part of the original Constitution was … a LIST

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"The essence of Government is power; and power lodged as it must be, in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse ." - James M...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

So what exactly are the “midterm elections,” anyway?

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"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of  two Senators from each State , chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six year...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Aramaic: The OTHER Bible language

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"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter....
Thursday, October 27, 2016

So what exactly are the “Federalist Papers,” anyway?

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"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to ...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

A review of PBS's “The Abolitionists”

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"No person held to service or labour [a. k. a. "slavery"] in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, sha...