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That very week in Washington, at a meeting of the Pan American Union, Roosevelt and his advisers spoke with hundreds…
Ahh, Valentine’s Day: the perfect moment to tell your sweetheart how much you love them with a thoughtful card. But…
Despite the skyrocketing valuations of the Magnificent Seven and anxiety over massive AI capital expenditures, one top economist argues that…
Erratic behavior and unpredictability is having a moment in foreign policy circles. In the White House and elsewhere, it is…
Beer and wine were major components of the meal. By our standards, peasants drank a lot, although the alcohol content…
In July 2022, I made a career pivot from consulting to teaching. Beyond being intrinsically interesting and rewarding, I thought…
Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric…
A highly entertaining and well-researched tour of wine fraud from ancient Roman times up to the present day.Combining history and…
What is August really about? Owen Lamont, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Acadian Asset Management, suggests that for…
A letter written by Thomas Jefferson will go up for auction on July 4th. Estimators value the letter, which discusses…