Monday, September 23, 2024

A review of Michael Wood’s “In Search of Myths and Heroes”

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“And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great co...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

William Howard Taft: Made and un-made by Theodore Roosevelt

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William Howard Taft has now become little more than a footnote to the larger story of  Theodore Roosevelt . When we hear Taft’s name today, ...

Air power in the World Wars: From “expensive toy” to a serious weapon

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“There are a lot of people who say that bombing can never win a war. Well, my answer to that is that it has never been tried yet, and we sha...
Friday, September 13, 2024

Colonial Canada: From the Seven Years’ War to the War of 1812

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“An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America …” – Long title of the “Quebec Ac...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia led to his downfall

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“From the day of exchanging the ratification of the present treaties, there shall be perfect peace and amity between his majesty the empero...
Monday, August 26, 2024

Color movies are great, but so are black-and-white movies

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Why one should consider watching classic black-and-white movies This might seem a strange way to start this post, but there is a decades-lon...
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Benjamin Harrison: A president whose grandfather was another president

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Benjamin Harrison’s grandfather was  William Henry Harrison , who was the ninth president of the United States. This grandfather had served ...