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History can teach us so much about the world we live in. These essays seek to enlighten the reader on some of the lesser-known events that have shaped the modern world. My aim is to prove that there's more interesting history than World War II.
Wittgenstein's "Lost" Years as an Elementary School Teacher
Opposing Slavery in Early America: The Story of Thomas Jefferson And Edward Coles
José Ortega y Gasset's "The Revolt of the Masses" a Century Later
Thucydides, the Melian Dialogue, and Keeping the (Russian) Jungle at Bay
An Introduction to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius
Three "Degenerate" Artists Murdered by the Nazis
Camus and the Meaning of Existential Rebellion
Karl Marx's Analysis of the American Civil War
Was Hitler a Good Artist?
Is Hannah Arendt's Critique of Totalitarianism Still Relevant?
Why Grant Was Better Than Lee
The Crimes of Oscar Wilde
About The Time a Murderous, Polygamous, Doomsday Sex Cult Took Over Münster
The Life and Times of the Roman Usurper Constantine III (AD 407-411)
Assessing Marshal Pétain and Vichy France
Elie Wiesel's Night and the Question of Evil
A Secular Humanist's Take on The Benedict Option
Marshal Philippe Pétain's Message to the French Youth
The Dangers of Using History for Political Purposes
Pascal's Terror: Should We Fear the Eternal Silence of the Infinite Spaces?
Beware the Noonday Demon: The Dark Side of Early Christianity
American Democracy and the Myth of Progress
Why did the Eastern Roman Empire Survive?
How Sloppy Nazi Analogies Blind Us to the Real Threats
Limitations of Kantian Ethics