Saturday, October 19, 2024

Even after 1776, the Founding Fathers remained proud of their British heritage

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“In England, for a long time after the Norman Conquest , the authority of the monarch was almost unlimited. Inroads were gradually made upon...
Friday, October 11, 2024

A review of Ken Burns’ “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History”

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A miniseries covering Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt Just as the Americans remember  Mr. Churchill , so do t...
Monday, October 7, 2024

A review of “A New Understanding of the Atom” (audiobook)

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When the  first atomic bombs went off in 1945 , people witnessed the awesome power of the atom . It was so small that even microscopes fail...
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Why is Chester A. Arthur now considered one of the “least memorable” presidents?

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On July 2nd, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot the 20th President of the United States . The president was  James A. Garfield , the predecessor...
Friday, October 4, 2024

Rutherford B. Hayes: Entering office by a margin of one electoral vote

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Reconstruction had been going on for twelve years, when Mr. Hayes became president When the Civil War ended in 1865, it was followed by ano...
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, ...