Category Archives: War & Peace

Is the USA Still a Republic?

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Ron Pavellas

A New Republic At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, the Constitution of the United States having finally been adopted, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?” “A … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War & Peace | Tagged A Study of History (Abridged), Arnold J. Toynbee, British Empire, Byzantine Empire, Edward Gibbon, Julius Caesar, Oswald Spengler, Ottoman Empire, Roman Empire, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The Decline of the West | 8 Comments

Letter from Poland

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Ron Pavellas

I recently visited Kraków, Poland, with nine of my writing colleagues, for a ‘writing retreat’ and some minor tourism. We arrived 10 November, the day before an important national holiday, National Independence Day… … a national day in Poland celebrated … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War & Peace | Tagged Communism, Habsburg Empire, Jakub Wydrzynski, Judaism, Kingdom of Prussia, Kraków, Lublin, Massolit Bookstore, Poland, Russian Empire, Ukraine, Warsaw | 5 Comments

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