The United States is currently engaged in an effort to elevate Afghanistan to the status of exemplary moderate Islamic state. What exactly are the prospects for accomplishing this mission based on Afghanistan’s history and culture?
The first thing to realize when broaching this question is that Afghanistan is not a nation, and barely a [...]
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“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”–James Madison
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Although I am usually loath to recommend any history book written after 1920, when the subject matter itself postdates WWI, you simply have no choice. And, truth be told, I have read more than a handful of quite excellent histories from modern writers, despite the dreadful state of the profession, so I’m willing to [...]
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The HistoryAtOurHouse blog, home to news about the world’s premier homeschooling history curriculum for children, features the following recent articles:
Give Me Liberty, or You’ll Get Death! — an analysis of the great painting of Patrick Henry before the House of Burgesses arguing against the Stamp Act.
When History Beats Hannah Montana — a heartening story about how [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m very excited by the latest learning techniques I’m going to be teaching my students in the The Islamist Entanglement. In this, the 3rd course in the acclaimed A First History for AdultsTM program, I’ll be incorporating everything that Powell History clients have come to expect–and more!
Because the completion of my European History program has been delayed, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s some inspiration for you all:
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
on his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled [...]
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