As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible.

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Horace lived in turbulent times. He was born in 65 BC and died in 8 BC, a period that saw Rome’s frightening transition from republic to empire. As Peter Stothard makes clear in this wonderful ...

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I have always assumed that if an experimental, student-led form of education works, something magical occurs; everybody ...

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