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Autobiography Or Memoir: What’s The Difference? | Writer’s Relief
You may be considering writing a book about your life, especially if you lived through memorable world events or experienced life-changing incidents
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Happy New Year from Clarksville Online
Clarksville, TN – Let look forward to a wonderful new year and not dwell too much on the past year. Look forward to new things to come. May the new
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The best way to follow through on your New Year’s resolution? Make an ‘old year’s resolution’
More often than not, the best-laid plans for the new year go awry. Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images by Mark Canada, Indiana University Kokomo and
Remembering the First Publication of the Poor Richard’s Almanack
On December 28, 1733, Benjamin Franklin, using the pseudonym Richard Saunders, began publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack, which included
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Ignorance And Inoculation
Neal Pollard Stephen Coss, author of The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics, relates the fascinating
Poor Richard’s Almanack was first published on December 28, 1733 Copy
Curious about the NCTE and Library of Congress connection? Through a grant announced recently by NCTE Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick, NCTE is
Benjamin Franklin on “Doing Good to the Poor”
The federal government lacks any legitimate constitutional authority to establish welfare programs for the poor. Not only that, the federal welfare
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The Forgotten History of the Brutal, Internecine Battles of the American Revolution
The fighting had been vicious in the Carolinas since the start of the war. And it was the more vicious for pitting not American against Briton, nor
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The Founding Fathers of Cryptography?
It’s Veterans Day, and on an occasion dedicated to giving thanks to all those who served the United States honorably during either war or
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Showing Up When It Counts
Friday’s Column: Brent’s Bent Brent Pollard I recall watching the Atlanta Braves when they were the perennial cellar dwellers of the National
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Native American Maps (and Ideas) that Shaped the Nation
Territories of the People of the Long House in 1720. Map: Henry Louis Morgan. Geography and Map Division. Kelly Bilz, a 2020 librarian in residence
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Many People Die at Twenty-Five and Aren’t Buried Until They Are Seventy-Five
Benjamin Franklin? George S. Patton? G. E. Marchand? Gertrude Nelson Andrews? Nicholas Murray Butler? George Lawton? Peter McWilliams?
Rabbeinu Bahya and the Case of the Mysterious Medieval Lightning Rod
Yaakov Taubes It has been said that a spirit of invention has dominated American thinking since its founding. The people of the United States love
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History’s Lessons for Plan Fiduciaries
The study of history is a passion of mine, and while it seems a bit trite, the old adage that those who don’t remember the past are doomed to
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Founders Feeling Homesick—and Using That Word
At this posting earlier in the month, I said that the first documented use of the English word “homesickness” was in 1756 and that the adjective