Sunday, October 19, 2025

Why the British remain our most important allies

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“It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world … Taking care always to keep ourselves b...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

The War of the Austrian Succession was fought on four different continents

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Note: The “War of the Austrian Succession” included several different conflicts within it. Thus, many of my blog’s mentions of these related...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Margaret Thatcher and the free-market revival in Britain

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“The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher was the first wo...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Curious academic fads: Multiculturalism, postcolonialism, and cultural relativism

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“What ‘multiculturalism’ boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture – and you cannot blame any cul...
Thursday, October 2, 2025

A review of “Gandhi” (1982 movie with Ben Kingsley)

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“ The government of the territories now in the possession or under the government of the [British] East India Company , and all powers in re...
Monday, September 29, 2025

A review of Ric Burns’ “New York: A Documentary History”

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“Whereupon the Citty and Fort Amsterdam and Province of the New Netherlands were surrendered under His Most Exct. Mat’s. Obedience, made and...
Monday, September 22, 2025

USA spies: From the American Revolution to the Civil War

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“Therefore no one in the armed forces is treated as familiarly as are spies , no one is given rewards as rich as those given to spies , and ...