History


Latin's Hidden Superpower
It's no coincidence that when America decided Latin was too "old fashioned," the humanities stopped producing great minds.
Erica Abbett
Apr 83 min read


Conquer a Classic This Christmas
Did you know it's a Christmas tradition in Iceland to exchange books for Christmas? To be specific, these books are exchanged on,...
Erica Abbett
Dec 13, 20242 min read


Pin This Poem to Your Wall. Seriously.
I have little patience for poets. More often than not, my attitude towards this admirable artistic medium runs more along the lines of,...
Erica Abbett
Nov 8, 20244 min read


Are Textbooks Just 'CliffsNotes' for History?
I'm currently reading Britton LaTulippe's Revealing School: Discover What School Is Really Doing to Your Kids , and one of his claims is...
Erica Abbett
Nov 3, 20245 min read


Beauty and the Assembly Line: How Modernism Destroyed Classical Architecture
Why is classical architecture almost universally beautiful, while anything "modern" is some shapeless monstrosity of concrete, steel, and...
Erica Abbett
Aug 30, 20244 min read


Why History Is Quickly Becoming the Most Important Subject
When I was a middle school history teacher, I sometimes felt like my class wasn’t as “important” as the others. The insecure corner of...
Erica Abbett
Mar 25, 20235 min read


We Have a Major Problem.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we have a major problem. Our education system is an incoherent hodgepodge of asinine theories,...
Erica Abbett
Jan 16, 20239 min read


The Best Agatha Christie Mystery Is The Woman Herself
They say history is stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true that in the case of Agatha Christie. She may be one of the most...
Erica Abbett
Dec 31, 20212 min read


Classic Novels I Secretly Hated
Let’s preface this by saying that everyone’s tastes are different! I’m not saying these books are objectively bad, just that I personally...
Erica Abbett
Nov 25, 20213 min read