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In preparation for a talk on the life and import of Frederick Douglass, I was encouraged by my daughter, Katie, to read Uncle Tom's Cabin. Like many of us, I knew about the importance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's great novel in the cause of abolition of
Culture
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West By David McCullough Simon & Schuster May 2019 352 pages David McCullough has written another superb history, The Pioneers. Admittedly, it is not in the same class as his two magisterial biographies, Truman and John Adams,
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Jim Lyons is now the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, but his annual Nativity event at the Massachusetts State House lives on as a Christmas tradition. The event at the State House is now hosted by state Representative Marc Lombardo (R-Billerica) of the 22nd Middlesex House District.
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One of the nice things about having an avowed socialist running in the American presidential campaign is that it forces the capitalist candidates, along with observers of the race, to do a better job of explaining why socialism is wrong. This is a healthy development. Many Americans who are too
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Today I finished Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Eight hundred eighty pages serialized in the usual nineteen parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It was not an easy read but it was worthwhile. Bleak House was written after Oliver Twist and David Copperfield but before A Tale of Two
Education
The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture By Heather Mac Donald St. Martin's Press In her superb book The Diversity Delusion, Heather Mac Donald explains how reflexive accusations of racism and sexism, the demand for "safe spaces," and
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom By David W. Blight Simon & Schuster October 2018 Frederick Douglass was the Martin Luther King Jr. of the 19th century. Former slave, author, orator, and statesman, Douglass was the principal black figure in the fight to abolish slavery. Over his long career, he became
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The fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission reignited controversy about America's greatness (or lack thereof). Putting human beings on the moon decades before the Internet was a singular achievement. One might think it obvious that such a monumental accomplishment is evidence that the United States has been
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