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Happy First Day of School
Starting year 23 for me and my classroom adventures.
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The Road Not Taken: What If Roosevelt Had Embraced Churchill’s Mediterranean Strategy?
This article presents an alternate history of D-Day, exploring how different strategic decisions by Roosevelt and Churchill could have reshaped World War II and the post-war era.
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The Educator Who Rose from Civil War Ashes: How Mary McLeod Bethune Built an Educational Empire from Slavery’s Ruins
When most Americans think of Civil War heroes, they envision generals like Grant and Sherman, or politicians like Lincoln and Douglas. But the war’s most profound victory may have belonged to a girl born into slavery who would transform American education forever. The Forgotten Dimension of Civil War Victory The Civil War ended slavery, but…
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Superman (2025): A Hero Returns with Heart and Hope
Rating: ★★★★☆ After years of darker, more brooding superhero films, James Gunn’s Superman arrives like a breath of fresh air—or perhaps more accurately, like a gentle breeze from Smallville. This isn’t just a reboot; it’s a love letter to everything that makes Superman enduring, wrapped in modern filmmaking techniques and delivered with Gunn’s signature blend…
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Book Review: The Pope at War by David I. Kertzer
David I. Kertzer’s “The Pope at War” critically analyzes Pope Pius XII’s actions during World War II, revealing complicity with fascist regimes and moral failings amid the Holocaust.