Was the Real Charles Dickens Actually The Man in "The Man Who Invented Christmas?"

The Real Charles Dickens Really Did Need to Write a Hit, But the True Story Is a Lot More About the Brand Management of the World's First Mass Media…

Dec 9, 2025 • Stephen Himes

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A Christmas Carol, Stave I: Marley's Ghost

Ebenezer Made a Small Fortune with His Family-Less Loan Shark Business Partner, But Now Marley's Dead and Scrooge Must Endure Purgatory

Dec 3, 2025 • Stephen Himes

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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, 2025 • Stephen Himes

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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, 2025 • Stephen Himes

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

If It Wasn’t the Most Important Subject In School, They Wouldn’t Be Willing To Kill Over It

Jun 6, 2025 • Stephen Himes

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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, 2025 • Stephen Himes

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December 2024

The Politics of Scrooge: Charles Dickens and Karl Marx Saw the Same Industrial Revolution, But Came to Very Different Conclusions

Dickens created A Christmas Carol. Marx created Das Kapital. Their only point of agreement: Healthcare shouldn’t be tied to your employer.

Dec 13, 2024 • Stephen Himes

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November 2024

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 • Stephen Himes

“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 • Stephen Himes

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