I interjected this piece because I worked with David Poff as he rewrote Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” to reflect 20th Century American prose, and also pointed out a single shortcoming in Paine’s thinking. It was updated for a purpose, or…
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“It is French”, an Introduction for a Lifetime of Observation and Study
A few days ago I mentioned a comment used by Mark Twain, more than once I’m told, to convey a broad principle that perhaps the French are a people that cannot be trusted. My own study of history, including French…
The Russian-Ukrainian Village, Evening Bells
In the 1960s I earned a minor in Russian Studies at university which interestingly enough, provided me with a lot of background to what I would observe when I visited Ukraine and central Russia in 1991 and 1992, when…