Tag: History
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The Barbarians at the Gates
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Last Tuesday, in a California courtroom, a judge sentenced 23-year-old Casey Nocket to two years’ probation and 200…
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Courage
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Frustrated ISIS militants holding the city of Palmyra yesterday beheaded 82-year-old archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad. When Islamic State fighters…
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Truth and lies.
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There’s enough snob value in just having the book in your hand that you don’t have to slave…
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Bam. Pow. Kablooie.
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In the comics, nobody was sending us out of the room before the subject of nuclear armageddon was…
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Unintelligible at any speed
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Forty-nine years ago today, on May 17, 1965, the FBI released their report: Although there may or may…
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House of Mirrors
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When I was in the fourth grade, we studied Alabama history from a textbook that would probably raise…
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Through the Eyes of a Child.
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Today I’m doing something a little different: I’m inviting a guest to speak to my readers. My mother…
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Why, Oh Why, Delilah?
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When you want to describe somebody who lacks a certain cultural depth, a certain intellectual vigor, perhaps Philistine…
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Transylvania, Arkansas
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There’s something jarring about looking around on a beautiful Spring day and seeing teenagers roaming the sunlit streets…
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