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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Helping with a book report

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I received an email note from a student asking for help on a book report on The Shut Mouth Society . Here are the questions and my responses...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Who Wrote the United States Constitution?

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The infant periods of most nations are buried in silence, or veiled in fable, and perhaps the world has lost little it should regret. But...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Lincoln at Cooper Union

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In early 1860, Abraham Lincoln was a little known regional politician from Springfield, Illinois. The Republican Party was new, and had...
Friday, August 20, 2010

Create Interesting Villains

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The key to a good story is a good antagonist. The bad guy or bad gal makes the hero heroic. The character of a protagonist can be confinin...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Andrew Klavan Explains the Constitution

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Monday, August 2, 2010

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Ben Franklin

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Objecting to increased taxation is an American tradition. Excerpt   From  Tempest at Dawn The owner of the Indian Queen appeared instantly....
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Excerpt from The Shut Mouth Society

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Dealing with sensitive social issues in a novel can be difficult. Racism is a theme that runs through The Shut Mouth Society . Excerpt He ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Federalist Papers at Constituting America

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Tempest at Dawn is a dramatization of the constitutional convention of 1787. The recent publication of my novel has gotten a lot of atten...