Category: Issues and Answers
More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
By Bob Holmes Dozens of traditional cultures use a whistled form of their native language for long-distance communication. You could, too. — Read on http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/studying-whistled-languages-180978484/
When Books Die, All at Once ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Stephen Masty So, neither with a bang nor a whimper, the world ends with the remains of Western Civilization, now unlettered for many reasons, increasingly under-read, alone by choice, and still self-compelled to communicate. — Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/08/when-books-die-timeless-stephen-masty.html
A Short History of Slavery | PragerU
By Candace Owens Slavery didn’t start in 1492 when Columbus came to the New World. And it didn’t start in 1619 when the first slaves landed in Jamestown. It’s not a white phenomenon. The real story of slavery is long and complex. Candace Owens… Continue Reading “A Short History of Slavery | PragerU”
Policing the World ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Walter McDougall Benjamin Harrison insisted America’s truly dangerous enemies were not Great Powers abroad but a lapse of integrity and purity at home. He believed republicanism would spread in the world by “sympathy and emulation” and feared the harm Americans might do to… Continue Reading “Policing the World ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
The Land of Milk and Olives? – Biblical Archaeology Society
Nathan Steinmeyer The Land of Milk and Olives? – Biblical Archaeology Society — Read on http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/the-land-of-milk-and-olives/
Moving Beyond Interpretation & Getting to the Past as It Was ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Zachary Palmer History lessons, brought to life by primary sources, help students move beyond interpretations of the past to the past as it was. History then no longer appears musty and impersonal, and when excellently taught, reveals an unchanging picture of human nature:… Continue Reading “Moving Beyond Interpretation & Getting to the Past as It Was ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
“The Hour of Fate”: Theodore Roosevelt & American Capitalism ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Chuck Chalberg Theodore Roosevelt was the obvious victor in both of the “battles to transform American capitalism.” He refused to do the bidding of the coal operators and instead helped engineer a compromise. American capitalism was not so much transformed as tamed in… Continue Reading ““The Hour of Fate”: Theodore Roosevelt & American Capitalism ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
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