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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mostly self-educated in Switzerland, Jean-Jacques Rousseau ended up in Paris, France in the 1740s and became acquainted with Voltaire and Denis Diderot. Rousseau published Discourse on the Origin…

The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 3

The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…

Acuña, Juan de

(Encyclopedia) Acuña, Juan deAcuña, Juan dehwän dā ak&oomacr;ˈnyä [key], 1658?–1734, Spanish-American administrator, viceroy of New Spain (1722–34), marqués de Casa Fuerte, b. Lima, Peru. After a…

Keita, Ibrahim Boubacar

(Encyclopedia) Keita, Ibrahim Boubacar, 1945–2022, Malian politician. Keita was a member of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali…

1. Rage Against The Machine

The Battle of Los AngelesEpic It may be too early to predict, but this pulverizing mix of hard rock and rap, loaded with political conviction, could be setting the stage for the sound of the…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 68

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 67Federalist No. 69Federalist No. 68 The Mode of Electing the President To the People of the State of New York: The mode…

Federalist No. 68

No 67 No 69 The Mode of Electing the President From the New York Packet.Friday, March 14, 1788. Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE mode of…

10 Most Censored Countries

Where you can bid adieu to freedom of the press.  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) studied media freedom in dozens of countries to determine the level of access people have to information…

prohibition

(Encyclopedia) prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages, the extreme of the regulatory liquor laws. The modern movement for prohibition had…

Nigeria

(Encyclopedia) CE5 NigeriaNigerianījĭrˈēə [key], officially Federal Republic of Nigeria, republic (2015 est. pop. 181,182,000), 356,667 sq mi (923,768 sq km), W Africa. It borders on the Gulf of…