Sir Walter Scott
Today marks Sir Walter Scott‘s 240th birthday. Born in 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scott would become one of the greats of English-language literature and a national Scottish hero. Scott entered[…]
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Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 2
Part 1 of the series In this series, we are examining the sixteenth-century Huguenot book Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos (A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants), a Christian treatise on the[…]
Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 1
Published in 1579, Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos (A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants) is a Christian treatise on the relationships among God, the civil magistrate, and the people, discussing when[…]
Honoring Sir Isaac Newton
Today marks the 324th anniversary of the publishing of Sir Isaac Newton’s book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy). Principia is a set of three volumes and[…]
Recoloring Our Childhood Heritage
Many, if not all, of us have pleasant childhood memories of reading our favorite children’s books. My personal favorites were the Dr. Seuss books (do you like green eggs and[…]
A Young Man’s Reading List
We all know a guy who’s been “reconstructed.” He’s likely wearing a pink t-shirt and sandals, has a government job and is the only one at the party laughing[…]
Tiptoe Through the Minefield
Read Part 1 of the series here. Read Part 2 of the series here. The topic of tween literature, books written for the “young adult” audience but often[…]
Challenging and Comforting the Early Reader
I promised a two-part series on choosing good quality children’s books, but as I delve deeper into the topic, it appears that I would be giving my readers short shrift[…]
A Good Children’s Book Is Hard to Find
The library shelves are a shotgun full of liberalism and political correctness aimed squarely at your child’s mind. Gone are the days when a parent could safely take children to[…]
Jules Verne
Anyone who has visited Google’s homepage today will have noted Google’s tribute to the 19th-century French author Jules Verne on this, his 183rd birthday. Some of his best-known works include[…]
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