The Long, Long Shadow ; Experts Argue Inequality Thrives Where Slavery Did-And Not by Coincidence by Stephen MihmMihm, Stephen
The founding fathers chose a loose confederacy of states over a centralized government, and everything was based on the idea that each individual had a choice as to how to spend his time and how to invest in the future. (Yes, there was slavery and Native Americans were dispossessed in the...
and of your political freedom. This, to you, is what the Passover was to the emancipated people of God. It carries your minds back to the clay, and to the act of your great deliverance; and to the signs, and to the wonders, associated with that act that...
The “Chicken Littles” of the world – most of them racist – would like to make you believe that our first African-American President could simply suspend the Constitution, declare martial law and begin rounding up all the white people for some payback. Might make an interesting plot for th...
There are several reasons why the libertarian party generally and Johnson specifically are doomed to failure-as-usual. First, let’s deal with the “likeability” factor. Polls on favorability are generally treated as a proxy for how much the candidate is personally liked by voters – not necess...
So just how did Athena determine whose side was the righteous cause? It’s which ever side that Nike is said to have tossed her golden apple to. Something easy to determine after the battle is over and the survivors are writing the history and accounts. ...
[Mrs. Lincoln] took my mother aside and talked with her for a moment. While I could not hear their conversation, I knew someway that they were talking about my mother’s bonnet and I was a bit puzzled at the look of amazement on my mother’s face. I did not see why my mother ...
St Kitts and Nevis- The country's prime minister Terrance Drew has been open about his desire to ditch the monarchy. He suggested in 2023 that St Kitts and Nevis, which became independent in 1983, was "not totally free" while the King was head of state, and promised to be...
while Scarlett and Rhett’s daughter dies in a tragic accident. This makes the ending of the movie both satisfying and tragic, even though it fails to address the greatest injustice of all, which is its ignorantly utopian portrayal of slavery. Of all the losers in the movie, history ...
This lesson is about the Diet of Worms in 1521, and how it led to the Edict of Worms. It also describes Martin Luther's role in the Diet and Edict of Worms. Related to this QuestionIn what country did the Protestant Reformation begin? What started the Protestant Reformation? What century...