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In the Ruins of Edward Gibbon’s Masterpiece
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThese stereotypes pop up routinely, undermining the book’s authority because Gibbon’s premises and conclusions are so obviously distorted by...
500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHe wrote another book, less well known and much less pithy than “The Prince...,” Machiavelli uses...
‘The Age of Reconstruction’ Review: A Global Emancipation
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoIronically, Reconstruction may have had a more lasting success abroad, as Mr. Doyle so vividly...
John Wilmerding (1938-2024)
The Wall Street Journal· 22 hours agoPrim Grandeur, Elegant...visiting, at Thomas Jefferson’s urging, France as well as Rome and Florence in Italy, before settling in England...American...
D-Day 80th anniversary recalls the millions involved in giant operation and its aftermath
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPort Clinton history: Veteran remembers chaos, death surrounding D-Day landing The...often the ones...
6 LGBTQ+ royals you probably didn't know about
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAfter his divorce from von Furstenberg, he married another woman, Lynn Marshall, in 1983. The royal died in Rome in 2004 at the age of 57, leaving behind...
100 years of immigration reform. Where we are, how we got here | John L. Micek
The Republican· 8 hours agoWhile Bay State policymakers shoulder some share of the blame, Democratic Gov. Maura Healey and her...
Where is hot in September? Best holiday destinations for late summer sun
The Independent US via AOL· 2 days agoRome, Italy Average temperature in September: 21C Hours... Forum and Pantheon are the highlights of...
Richard Mabey: ‘I support Extinction Rebellion’s aims, but throwing paint at art alienates people’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNo history of environmental campaigning in Britain would be complete without Richard Mabey. It is...
These Are the 26 World's Most Beautiful Libraries
Veranda via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTaking design cues from the Pantheon in Rome, German-based Yi Architects took a minimalist approach toward designing the nine-story library with an open...
