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In my European history class, we are moving very close to our study of the French Revolution. This is always a great moment to help students understand how revolutions rarely turn out the way everyone hopes. At the start, so many will talk about all the positives that will come, and the French Revolution was…
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For years, I have been someone who works well at night. Often, I’ll get a second wind, a fresh burst of energy around 11:30 and can then roll along for at least a couple of more hours. Of course, my work responsibilities often has me up around 6:30 or even earlier, so I can’t keep…
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As a historian, I had noticed these patterns, but the fair question from you, the reader, could be “so what?” We certainly cannot stop the great movement of history. As noted above, there will be an event, perhaps two that seemingly is not connected to anything specific to the actual Crisis yet triggers a rush…