Part 5: Charles Dickens’ Sources for A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens asked a very simple question that you can put on a bracelet: What Would Jesus Do?

Jul 10 • 

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Part 4: The French Revolution’s Contribution to Fascism

Charles Dickens’s Primary Source for A Tale of Two Cities Was the Founding Father of Fascism

Jul 3 • 

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Part 3: The French Revolution's Contribution to Communism

In Its Later Stages, Karl Marx Saw a Vision of True "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité." In Its Reign of Terror, Lenin Saw the Playbook For Winning the…

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

Part 2: The French Revolution's Contribution to Democracy

Today's Concept of the Political Left and the Political Right Literally Came From the First English Debate About the French Revolution

Jun 19 • 

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Part I: The French Revolution Historiography is a Series of Playbooks Written By People Who Literally Made History

All Politics From Napoleon to Trump Is Fallout From the Storming of the Bastille

Jun 16 • 

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How Literature “Lives”: Each Reader Gives It New Life in Their Own Time and Place

A Manifesto About Teaching Literature: If It Wasn’t the Most Important Subject In School, They Wouldn’t Be Willing To Kill Over It

Jun 6 • 

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February 2025

To2C Book the First, Chapters 2-3: Buried Alive, Recalled to Life

That’s Personal Service: A Banker Experiences Gothic Nightmares on the Muddiest Road in 1770s England

Feb 8 • 

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To2C Book the First, Chapter I: All Roads Lay Before Us

Kings George III and Louis XVI Have Really Made a Mess of Things and Will Never See It Coming

Feb 4 • 

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January 2025

The “Noisiest Authorities”: Charles Dickens Explains How It Can Be Both the Best and Worst of Times in the Age of Trump

The World’s First Global Media Star Understood the Power of Attention

Jan 21 • 

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November 2024

Where to Find Living Literature

There's a Lot Here!

Nov 28, 2024 • 

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Why They Were Out in the Streets of “Electric Avenue”: The Brixton Riots and the Ongoing Persecution of the Windrush Generation

Trump Might Have Won the Election, But Eddy Grant Remains Undefeated

Nov 22, 2024 • 

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“The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books”, Part 1

How Standardized Test-Driven Curriculum Degraded America's Capacity to Tackle Our Most Pressing Issues

Nov 20, 2024 • 

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