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The Undeniable Marble Man
By: Vic Eldred
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5 years ago
What makes Robert E Lee the "Marble Man?" Is it his military genius? Or his lack of human flaws? (He once said "I like whiskey. I always did and that is why I never drink it" ) How did he...
The Great Books - Pride and Prejudice
By: Vic Eldred
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Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child"...
'JFK' Review: The Road to Camelot
Via: Vic Eldred
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John F. Kennedy poses a problem for historians and chroniclers of American politics. He was a man of good looks, unquestioned charm and public eloquence. He was the Harvard-educated son of a...
'The Quiet Americans' Review: Inventing the CIA
Via: Vic Eldred
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Were America’s unsung Cold War spies and their masters adroit covert heroes protecting the nation and the free world from the encroaching evil of Stalin and his successors? Or were they the...
Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not"
Via: Vic Eldred
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“The hell with my arm. You lose an arm you lose an arm. There's worse things than lose an arm. You've got two arms and you've got two of something else. And a man's still a man with one arm or...
Obama's Memoir 'A Promised Land' Coming in November
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'Who Gets In and Why' and 'The College Conversation' Review: The Price of Admission
Via: Vic Eldred
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It was an amusing headline—“A Grim Future Beckons: The Pandemic Will Bring Capitalism to the Heart of Academe.” The article, in the Chronicle of Higher Education last month, reported that colleges...