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How a trip to New Orleans radicalized young Abraham Lincoln

Best-selling author David M. Rubenstein and historian Douglas Brinkley discuss America's tumultuous 19th century and why Lincoln was its defining figure.

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The Conversation

Cincinnati, where Vance converted, gives a glimpse of Catholicism’s history in America’s heartland

For more than a century, anti-Catholicism was a powerful force in the region’s culture and politics. But religious pluralism ultimately triumphed in the ‘Queen City.’

Matthew Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Miami University·Jun 8, 2026

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The Paris Review

The Summer of Lion Meat

In the medieval period it was common for translators to insert commentary on their theories and methods directly into the text.

Tere Dávila and Rebecca Hanssens-Reed·Jun 8, 2026

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The Conversation

Great mysteries of archaeology: an ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky

Archaeologists thought ancient Amazonia was only home to wandering people, but new technology has uncovered complex societies living in forest cities.

José Iriarte, Professor of Archaeology, University of Exeter·Jun 8, 2026

The Rumpus

Why not read Moby-Dick? - The Rumpus

Historian Nathaniel Philbrick lays out a convincing, if scholarly, case for why Moby-Dick is relevant to modern audiences. Nathaniel Philbrick opens this

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The New Atlantis

Death in the Young

In war, those with their lives yet to be lived are also those most urgently needed to fight. It is one of the tragic ironies of conflict. In the U.S. Civil War, the average soldier was 26 and approximately 620,000 soldiers died. In World War I, over 2 million German soldiers died, and 40 percent of German combatants were between 21 and 25 years old. In the Vietnam War, 58,193 American servicemen died — approximately 24 percent of those killed were 20, and roughly 17 percent of those killed were 21. We comprehend the risk in sending young soldiers off... The post Death in the Young appeared first on The New Atlantis.

Brendan Foht·Mar 15, 2021