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It could be just weeks or months away, election expert and CBS Newsman assert in new book.
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There are so many representations of English history in media, from plays to movies to television series to books, that it’s relatively easy to obtain a…
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Listen to the Braver Angels Podcast
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“The pattern for many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death. The pattern for all who serve God – famous or obscure, respected or…
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Crash Course Geography: "Empire, imperialism, and colonialism are all interrelated tactics of geopolitics that are used to achieve similar goals of one…
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Teaching a public speaking class at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates, I remember one of the best-researched speeches by a male student that…
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Might the age of absolutism, dominant from the 1500s into the 1700s, return?
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I’m enjoying the retrospectives on Queen Elizabeth II, links to British history, and the ongoing reckoning with the vestiges of a 500-year-old empire…
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In some respects, the story of Queen Elizabeth II over 96 years is also a story of the world over nearly a century. Just as the 1200-year story of the…
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She marshaled absolute power and defeated the Spanish Armada
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Why is the primary language in the United States English? I ask my students. Except for one student who shouted out, “Because we’re White!”
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King Charles III has named his son William heir to the throne and Prince of Wales. Why? The answer, according to this Generalist Papers video, has to do…
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