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The Shoemaker and the Tea Party
The Rambler
  • Jan 4
  • 2 min

The Shoemaker and the Tea Party

Alfred Young’s The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution first tells the story of a cobbler, George Robert Twel...
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Janesville: An American Story
The Rambler
  • Dec 28, 2020
  • 5 min

Janesville: An American Story

Janesville: An American Story was voted one of the 100 notable books of 2017 by the New York Times Book Review. Written by Washington Pos...
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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day
The Rambler
  • Oct 12, 2020
  • 4 min

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day

In the early morning hours of October 12th, 1492, a sailor named Rodrigo De Triana in the crow’s nest of the La Pinta, one of a fleet of ...
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John Adams
The Rambler
  • Jul 5, 2020
  • 2 min

John Adams

Hamilton is streaming on Disney+ and it confirms what most of us already knew: it is a masterpiece. But we need to talk about John Adams ...
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A Lion in the White House
The Rambler
  • Jun 26, 2020
  • 1 min

A Lion in the White House

I finished Aida Donald's A Lion in the White House. Find my review below and here.
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ted talk
The Rambler
  • Jun 24, 2020
  • 1 min

ted talk

Teddy Roosevelt is getting cancelled, at least at the American Museum of Natural History. I haven't taken the time to unpack how I person...
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The Rambler
  • May 21, 2020
  • 1 min

Funeral Oration

The funeral oration of Pericles is often regarded as the first great speech on record. We owe thanks to Thucydides for his record on the ...
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The Rambler
  • May 19, 2020
  • 1 min

A short history of the Hmong Resolve

This is a high-level overview of complicated topics regarding the resolve of the Hmong people. Cited in this piece is a wonderful telling...
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