Whenever it is the purpose of a (political) mission which has to be ascertained, it behoves one to ask three questions without delay: why was the mission sent at all; why was it sent only when it was; and why […]
This is an election about elections. One of the two leading candidates in the race, Donald Trump, has not only demonstrated a long-running skepticism of rule of law; he is also the only president in American history to attempt to
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Barely more than a week ago, it seemed as though the Washington political class and their big-money counterparts in New York had all but written off Kamala Harris, on the basis of what, exactly, I was never sure, given the
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On December 18, 1860, John J. Crittenden of Kentucky introduced a compromise plan to the U.S. Senate. Just two days later, South Carolina would become the first state to secede from the Union, and within six weeks, six more Southern
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Tarlati Altarpiece, Pietro Lorenzetti, circa 1320 © Foto Studio Lensini Siena A new exhibition at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is brimming with opulent religious panel paintings, altarpieces, sculptures, textiles and metalworks from the Italian city of Siena.
As part of a special event to mark the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, an exhibition of historic documents was held at the Grand Masonic Lodge in Boston. Many of these were provided by Seth Kaller, the leading
“A Summer Night” by Yiduo He Metzabok, Chiapas, Mexico This photo was taken at night on the shore of Lake Tzi’bana, located in the Naha-Metzabok Biosphere Reserve, home to the indigenous Lacandon Maya. Nature is considered a sacred realm in
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The world’s oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles, a new study suggests. The finding reinforces an idea proposed in earlier
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation came into being in 1929 through the merger of companies started by pioneering aviators Glenn Curtiss and the Wright brothers. Within the new company, the Curtiss-Wright airplane division made airplanes while the Wright Aeronautical Corporation focused on
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