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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