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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?
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Stephen Himes
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
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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…
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Stephen Himes

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
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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
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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
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Stephen Himes

February 2025

January 2025

November 2024

Where to Find Living Literature
There's a Lot Here!
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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
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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
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