Like the infernal French nobleman, Jefferey Epstein’s story represents cruel and oppressive politics that were seeded in aristocracy, tended in capitalism, and are now harvested in fascism.
From the Jacksonians to the Marxists, political theorists have understood that there is something unique about “small industry” between big business and ...
Use all your well-learned politics Or I’ll lay your soul to waste.          – Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil I support the left, tho’ I’m leanin’, leanin’ to the right I support the left, tho’ ...
More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution. The Siege of Boston was his first ...
The first Blackfyre Rebellion shapes the novella 'The Hedge Knight' and HBO's ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,’ explaining ...
The Yale historian argued that Charles Baudelaire’s "gray zone" of complicity and irony represents the most typical ...
Elizabeth Hammond’s Modern Domestic Cookery (1819) includes this pancake recipe: “Take eggs, flour and milk, with which make a light batter. Add nutmeg, ginger and salt, fry them in plenty of hot lard ...
An expert in picking locks, Jack Sheppard rose to fame in the 18th century for his spectacular escapes from London’s notorious prisons—but harsh English laws against theft eventually sent him to the ...