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A Short Primer on Democracy

Let’s get this out first…there is never going to be a perfect political system for

30 Jun

I was watching the television show House of Cards. For those that are unaware, it is a show only

20 Jun

Norman Podhoretz, in his book, Why We Were In Vietnam talked about fighting that particular conflict on the “political

30 May

The Peace of Westphalia, 1648. The Thirty Years’ War is over and the great wars of religion have

25 Dec

I think that if one were to look at European history in a macro sense, there are a few dates that fall

24 Apr

As I was perusing the many articles on Titanic that have been published this week commemorating the 100th

15 Apr

The above quote was spoken by Cicero when commenting on the study of history. I was moved to write after

18 Mar

If I were to have my choice, I would teach history through the study of biography. In fact, if I really had my way, I would

14 Mar

I’ve heard the question since I became a history teacher, and I love to answer it. For students,

26 Feb

Kind of an odd title, isn’t it? Essentially though, it sums up the study of history. Professor

22 Jan