

FDR - Hitler
In WWII, Hitler and FDR were obviously on opposing sides, so you'd be surprised to find so many similarities between the two leaders....
JulieC Clark
Apr 71 min read
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The Faerie Queene IV: Book 1 Cantos 10-12
Canto ten of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene  is set in the House of Holiness. Una took the Redcrosse Knight there to help him heal...
JulieC Clark
Apr 22 min read
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The Influence of Hitler’s Mein Kampf
Most Nazis had a copy of Mein Kampf  in their home, but very few people had actually read the thing, they just took each other’s word for...
JulieC Clark
Mar 312 min read
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The Faerie Queene I: Book 1 Cantos 1-6
In canto 4 of Book 1 of The Faerie Queene  by Edmund Spenser, there is a lot of focus on the seven deadly sins, and the characters...
JulieC Clark
Mar 302 min read
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The Faerie Queene II: Book 1 Cantos 7-9
In Canto 8 of Edmund Spencer’s The Faerie Queene, the main antagonist Duessa unveils her true form. Stories use appearances to highlight...
JulieC Clark
Mar 272 min read
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Mindset of Communist Russia
Communist Russia, for a long time they believed their ideology was backed up by science, which made them even more steadfast in their...
JulieC Clark
Mar 241 min read
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Beginner Sonnet: A Rough Draft
The Greeks watched the changing of seasons Flowers come and go the sun rise and set The people watched and wanted a reason Dreaming...
JulieC Clark
Feb 51 min read
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Karl Marx: Labor Theory of Value vs Supply & Demand
Karl Marx used the labor theory of value. The basic idea of this theory was that the value of goods and services should be based on the...
JulieC Clark
Feb 32 min read
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What was the Romantic Period?
Romanticism. An artistic movement in Europe starting around the late 18th century in contrast to the Neoclassical Era. The Neoclassical...
JulieC Clark
Jan 271 min read
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The Wife of Bath
In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the wife of Bath had married five times and she described each marriage before telling a tale of a knight...
JulieC Clark
Jan 152 min read
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Oliver Cromwell
The seventeenth century was an interesting time for England because the government started trying new things. At this point, Henry VIII...
JulieC Clark
Oct 5, 20242 min read
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Poetic Edda: The Trickster
The Prose Edda  has many sections, and within each section there are sometimes a dozen stories. Mentionable sections for now include...
JulieC Clark
Oct 2, 20244 min read
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80/20
Richard Kotch authored The 80/20 Principle, and many books surrounding this helpful philosophy. His main point throughout his books is...
JulieC Clark
Sep 28, 20241 min read
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Prose Edda Part II: Life’s Journey
About half way through the "Gylfaginning" in the Prose Edda , there is a section between the setup, introduction to new characters, and...
JulieC Clark
Sep 25, 20243 min read
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The Eutopians
The utopians of the 17th century were various groups of people that historian Jacques Barzun referred to collectively as "Eutopians"...
JulieC Clark
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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Astronomy: The Seasons
It is typical to think of the seasons as an earthly thing that happens in nature, and space to be a separate category from nature all...
JulieC Clark
Sep 21, 20243 min read
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Prose Edda Part I: Fenrir
The Edda  was a story created a few centuries after Christianity had become widespread in Norse cultures. The author, Snori Sturluson,...
JulieC Clark
Sep 18, 20243 min read
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Force Within the State, Since Before the 1550s
Phillip II Â Â Â Â Â During the 1550s, Philip II became king in Spain and gained control of some surrounding territories. Philip II was...
JulieC Clark
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Saint Anselm’s Proslogion: Justice & Mercy
The Proslogian was an idea that Saint Anselm wrote in Middle English about the concept of God and the most logical answer for why there...
JulieC Clark
Sep 11, 20243 min read
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The Good & the Bad of the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther brought about the Protestant Reformation in the early 16th century, but that does not mean he would agree with the modern...
JulieC Clark
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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