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R. Kent Newmyer explains what the treason trial of Aaron Burr reveals about the American law-making process.
How does Google sell ad spaces and rank webpages? How does Netflix recommend movies, and Amazon rank products? How can you influence people on Facebook and Twitter, and can you really reach anyone in 6 steps? Why doesn’t the Internet collapse under congestion, and does it have an Achilles’ heel? Why are you charged per gigabyte for mobile data, and how can Skype and BitTorrent be free? How are cloud services so scalable, and why is WiFi slower at hotspots than at home?
Students are groaning over blank notebook pages, teachers are readying their lesson plans, parents are packing peanut butter sandwiches, and retailers are flashing advertisements for back-to-school sales. This week marks the end of summer vacation and a return to classes for students nationwide. But what about the rest of us?
As part of this month's Cambridge Book Club, R. Kent Newmyer discusses John Marshall's integral role in a volatile and formative period of American politics.
It’s that time of year again: back to school! As teachers, parents, and kids of all ages start another year of learning, we bring you an excerpt from James R. Flynn’s Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century.
‘Making Thatcher’s Britain‘ draws together leading historians to locate Thatcher and Thatcherism within the political, social, cultural and economic history of modern Britain. Here,...
Whoever said "don't judge books by their cover" clearly didn't work in marketing. We gathered our connoisseurs of taste and picked these gems.
R. Kent Newmyer delves into the history of the legendary feud between Aaron Burr and our third president, Thomas Jefferson.
Abou Jeng's latest book has drawn considerable praise for highlighting the limited efficacy of International Law in curtailing conflict in the African region in contrast to the more promising approach embedded in the Constitutive Act of the African Union. He traces his inspiration and thinking behind the book below.
With the Republican National Convention getting underway in Tampa, FL (the usual fanfare tempered by the approach of Tropical Storm and projected Hurricane Isaac), we turn to the introduction to Elizabeth Price Foley's timely and insightful account, The Tea Party: Three Principles. Curious about the relation between the Republican party and the Tea Party movement? Look no further than the extract below.
The treason trial of Aaron Burr was not only one of the greatest criminal trials in American history; it was also one of the most dramatic and instructive. Read on for the full story about the case that changed the entire landscape of American law-making.
Welcome to the second installment of our new series in which we'll be posting an introduction from one of our favorite new books for your reading pleasure. This week we're sharing Yoram Hazony's introduction to his soon to be published book The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture.
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