Sparks Commentary

“ Ipsa scientia potestas est. ” (“Knowledge itself is power.”) – Francis Bacon , in his “Meditationes Sacrae” (1597) , with the quotation of...

I should preface this review by saying that I’ve examined a number of other histories of  World War One . For example, I watched  PBS’s 6-ho...

The Cold War affected both sides of the  twentieth century’s  greatest conflict, in every region of the world. These included largely neutra...

“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...

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

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

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