Monday, March 31, 2025

A review of “Iran: The Forgotten Glory”

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“All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish ...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

John Tyler: The only US president to take part in the Confederate government

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“I do solemnly swear [that] I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States , and will to the best of my ability,...
Monday, March 24, 2025

The English Empire: The predecessor of the British Empire

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“In the reign of king Henry the seventh, his ministers (not to say the king himself) were more industrious in hunting out prosecutions upon ...
Saturday, February 15, 2025

A review of “Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead” (audiobook)

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Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead once collaborated on a book. It was a three-volume work entitled “ Principia Mathematica ” – no...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

A review of “Skepticism and Religious Relativism” (audiobook)

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I was expecting something very different from this audiobook. Specifically, I was expecting to get an overview of  agnostics ,  atheists , a...
Sunday, February 9, 2025

William Henry Harrison: A great general and a 30-day president

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In the United States , the most famous general in our  War of 1812  was probably  Andrew Jackson , who now appears on our $20 bill. But my v...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

William McKinley: President during the Spanish-American War

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In 1898, President William McKinley sent American troops to fight in Cuba and the Philippines . This conflict is now known as the  “Spanis...