Category Archives: Books & Literature

A Child’s “Pure Unclouded Brow”

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

The quote in the title is from the poem that is the preface to Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice found There, the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I was around 11 years old when my … Continue reading →

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John Adams & Thomas Jefferson: From Friendship to Antagonism to Reconciliation

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

I have already written of the rivalry between Adams and Jefferson for the Presidency of the USA in the year 1800, and on the autobiography of Jefferson. What stimulated my writing of this current article was the arrival of a … Continue reading →

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