Macon Telegraph journalist Charles Richardson, former Mercer University President, Dr. Kirby Godsey, and Mercer Law Professor David Oedel have all brought interesting points to the discussion of the problem of education and ethics. I believe this is a problem — not just affecting Georgia and Bibb County — but also the nation. And, in contemporary […]
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Mr. Epstein’s books are always fascinating and enlightening. He has done this repeatedly with his tomes, Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald (1978) and Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer (1996). He repeats his superb performance with Deception: The Invisible War Between the CIA and the KGB (1989). Before we start a
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Contrasting Revolutions Even though politicians and some historians in both America and Europe have likened the French and American Revolutions, these two landmark events of world history were as dissimilar as the men who forged them. The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war for independence from England, a war for self-governance, as well as a
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The Brave Girondins Unfortunately, in her book, Radicals: Politics and Republicanism in the French Revolution, Leigh Ann Whaley seems to admire the most radical Jacobins and by bringing down the reputation of the brave Girondins, she hopes to bring all the radicals of the French Revolution to the same level. No easy task! And so
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Note: The article that follows is part of a series written years ago that served as a springboard for expansion on the French Revolution section of Dr. Faria’s book, Contrasting Ideals and Ends in the American and French Revolutions published in December 2024 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The articles were fully
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Note: The article that follows is part of a series written years ago that served as a springboard for expansion on the French Revolution section of Dr. Faria’s book, Contrasting Ideals and Ends in the American and French Revolutions published in December 2024 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The articles were fully
