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“Coral Reefs Are The Canary in the Coal…

That frightening headline appeared today on a major web site. In the past, polar bears, almost every amphibian,...

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Henry Ford, Closet Jesuit?

Henry Ford was an extraordinarily wealthy man with a tremendous grasp of systems. He started out with a...

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The French Revolution’s End Began With An…

Napoleon returned from his successful invasion of Egypt after having done some real good for Europe in smashing...

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Going Broke While Having More Money Than Ever:

Forty years ago, there were fewer dollars, but each dollar bought more. A lot more! If a miser...

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Fixers Fix

The internet is filled with sites, like this one, that express a deeply felt desire to help “fix”...

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Boiling Down

If we want a hard, sticky job, we may want to collect a huge vat of maple sap...

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Looking Ahead

If we suddenly had revealed to us what the biggest movers in the stock market were going to...

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The Jacobins, An Early Example of the…

History is fascinating because it’s so consistent. There are always bitter, unhappy people who make themselves and those...

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Two Ways to Accomplish the Mission

One of the most important seaports in the central Mediterranean Sea is on the tiny island of Malta....

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The History of the French Revolution by A. M. Thiers

A. M. Thiers’ four volume history of the French Revolution has been an incredible reading adventure. The books...