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What Makes Someone an American?
- Culture, Featured, History, Philosophy, Politics, Western Civilization
- June 17, 2026






My recent columns have focused on the extremely poor educational outcomes for black students. There’s enough blame for all involved to have their fair share. That includes students who are hostile and alien to the educational process and have derelict, uninterested home environments. After all, if there is not someone in the home to ensure
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Recently I revisited a famous antiquarian bookshop. Marks & Co. closed decades ago, but it lives on in Helene Hanff’s memoir “84, Charing Cross Road” and its companion 1987 film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. My library had both the book and the DVD, so I spent an evening traveling back in time to 1950s London
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In 79 A.D., the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in eastern Italy covered nearby towns in ash and completely buried many of them. One of the towns that was buried in the eruption was Herculaneum, which at the time was a popular vacation spot for wealthy Romans. According to some historical accounts, Julius Caesar’s father-in-law,
READ MORESeeing your kid blossom is even more powerful than worrying about their every move.
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I remember the joyful, parental excitement I felt when we sent our oldest child off to kindergarten. I can recall his nervous agitation, not knowing what to expect, but also understanding that he was older now, and a big boy. At our first parent-teacher conference that year I noticed something that I had not thought much
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Once, herbs could be seen hanging from rafters in homes, brewing in teas on the hearth, or stored safely in cupboards for times of plague or injury. Romans took them to the battlefield, monks used them to treat the infirm, and midwives administered them to ease labor. So when did herbs become so outdated? In the
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