6 Million and Counting: Hitler and the Social Construction of Reality
The proper officers will take the offspring of the good parents to the fold; but the offspring of the inferior, or of the better when they chance to be deformed, will be put away in some dark unknown place, where they should be. Yes, he said, that must be done if the breed of the Guardians is to be kept pure. Plato, The Republic, Book V, -360 B.C.
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Sarah Palin
and the Dinosaurs
Politically aware actor Matt Damon is concerned about Sarah Palin’s
possible ascent to the Presidency of the United States. He says it
is “terrifying and crazy” and he wants to know if “Sarah really
thinks Dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago because she’ll have the
nuclear codes.” Matt has good reason to be terrified about that
prospect.
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A NEW LOOK AT THE TROJAN WAR
The Fall of Troy, one of the most significant events in the history
of western civilization, is shrouded in mystery. What happened at
Troy and why the saga of Troy grips the imagination have baffled
commentators from Herodotus to Shakespeare.
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CHRONOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS in ANCIENT HISTORY
Modern scholarship, as well as some classical commentators, set the
date for the Fall of Troy c. -1250 BCE. However, alternative
explanations place the date in a more reasonable and comprehensible
historical context. Powerful evidence shows that Troy fell not at
the accepted date, but rather c. -850 BCE and that Helen and Homer
were probably contemporaries.
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WHERE IS TROY?
Generally, legend tells us that Prince Paris Alexander of Troy
abducted Queen Helen of Sparta and brought her back with him to
Troy. An alliance of western Greek states was forged and a ten-year
naval/commercial war ensued with Troy defeated by means of a ruse.
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JOAN of ARC as
MILITARY COMMANDER
Joan of Arc is the most astounding figure in the whole of medieval
history. What makes her story so especially compelling is that she
is the most thoroughly documented figure in European history until
the modern era. Her two trials, one of condemnation and one of
rehabilitation, the latter in which over one hundred and fifty eye
witnesses gave direct testimony to the events of her life and
military career, are an enduring and unimpeachable record of a story
so fabulous, it’s still hard to believe.
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