The SAT and the New Aristocracy
The new SAT ‘adversity score’ highlights the rise of the new aristocracy: a class of citizens who enjoy systematic privileges because of who they are, not what they did.
The Eighteenth Century: America
The eighteenth century, in America, was a period of significant development. It shaped the direction of the United States in a different trajectory from Europe, and that influence continues to the present.
The Eighteenth Century: Great Britain
The eighteenth century was a golden age in the history of Great Britain: a flowering of music, literature, philosophy, and religion. Today we will take a short chronological ‘tour’ through this land. This is not a comprehensive survey, but it will provide a few of the more important people, events, and ideas that dominated this land and time.
The Eighteenth Century: The Great Events
The eighteenth century may seem distant, but it looms large in its influence, even today. Today we turn to the great events that dramatically affected the flow of history.
