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An Old Insult Still On The Books

Two hundred and fifty years ago, King George III put pen to parchment and branded the American colonists traitors. Not metaphorically. Literally.Issued on Aug. 23, 1775, the royal Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and…

A Great Debate on the Great Books

Recently, a strange, mercurial community of self-described, sometimes externally attributed, “conservative” academics engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of the “Great Books.” Luke Burgis, author and founder of the Cluny…