From Independence Day to July 4 to 14 Juillet: Two brief comments
In short, Lafayette and his ilk symbolize how the good intentions of the American founding paved the American Hell.
Author: Thomas Fleming
The Mentality of Walter Scott
For the average Scottish or English reader, Waverley must have been an exhilarating backwards trip through time and history, which enabled him to see both the feudal and tribal loyalties of Scots who adhered to the Stuart cause in much the same way their ancestors had flocked to the standards of Wallace and the Bruces.
Walter Scott, Preface
Although we have been wrapped up in the history and literature of Archaic Greece, we should not entirely neglect more recent phases of our history and civilization. Once or twice a year, I return to the works of Walter Scott, on whom I have, over the years, written one or two essays and given several lectures.
“Don’t Panic!”
As an opponent of every war the USA has provoked and entered since the justifiable Mexican War, I am less than delighted with the acceleration of US aggression against Iran.
Trump and Netanyahu Against the Iranians
To me it seemed painfully obvious that Trump and Netanyahu had worked out a plan
Greek I.18: Consonant Stem Declensions WITH Correct AUDIO and WRITE IN GREEK
The third declension and genitive of time
Greek I.17 WITH AUDIO AND Write in Greek!
Present and imperfect of the verb “to be”, enclitic words, and contrary to fact conditions.
