Monday, February 26, 2024

Why are certain European languages so often spoken in Africa? (Answer: History)

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“A Declaration introducing into international relations certain uniform rules with reference to future occupations on the coast of the Afric...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Forgotten battlegrounds of the World Wars: Africa, the Middle East, and Italy

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“♪ We’re the D-Day Dodgers, out in Italy, Always on the vino, always on the spree. Eighth Army skivers and their tanks, We go to war in ties...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Reflections on the proper role of self-education

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“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” – Possibly a paraphrase of author Grant Allen , although it is often misattributed...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Some thoughts on Thomas More’s “Utopia”

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Note: By writing the work “Utopia,” Thomas More created a new literary genre: utopian and dystopian fiction. This genre is still popular tod...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

A review of “Auschwitz: The Nazis and the ‘Final Solution’” (BBC)

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Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures, which I simply cannot omit. By far the most infamous episode of the twentieth cen...
Monday, January 15, 2024

Blackstone condemned the execution of Algernon Sidney for high treason

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“Treason, proditio , in its very name (which is borrowed from the French ) imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of faith. It therefore ...

Algernon Sidney influenced the U. S. Declaration of Independence

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“This book contains all the malice, and revenge, and treason, that mankind can be guilty of: It fixes the sole power in the parliament and t...