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whiskey

(Encyclopedia) whiskey [from the Gaelic for “water of life”], spirituous liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grains, usually rye, barley, oats, wheat, or corn. Inferior whiskeys are made from…

Brutus VI

Brutus VI27 December 1787AbstractThe Federalist writers apparently never responded to "BRUTUS." The following "Brutus" article was extracted from his sixth essay, The New-York Journal of…

sunburn

(Encyclopedia) sunburn, inflammation of the skin caused by actinic rays from the sun or artificial sources. Moderate exposure to ultraviolet radiation is followed by a red blush, but severe exposure…

Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford

(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford, 1676–1745, English statesman. Walpole is usually described as the first prime minister of Great Britain, but he was not a prime minister in the…

An Ancient Tradition Resists Reform

The abolition of female genital mutilation has become a worldwide human rights cause -Borgna Brunner In 1994, when a 17-year-old girl from Togo sought asylum in the United States to escape…

Brutus V

Brutus V13 December 1787AbstractA powerful rebuttal of Hamilton, the logic of Brutus can be found in a supreme Court decision of 1819, McCulloch v. Maryland. Taken from "Brutus" fifth essay,…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 12

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 11Federalist No. 13Federalist No. 12 The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue To the People of the State of New York…

Federalist No. 12

No 11 No 13 The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue From the New York Packet.Tuesday, November 27, 1787.Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE…