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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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What Was Négritude?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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