If you want a shockingly honest look at how an empire works then you will want to see the movie Restrepo. It is billed as “Chronicling the hard work, fear, and brotherhood that come with repelling a deadly enemy.”
If you want a shockingly honest look at how an empire works then you will want to see the movie Restrepo. It is billed as “Chronicling the hard work, fear, and brotherhood that come with repelling a deadly enemy.”
We like to think our humanity is what separates us from the other animals but is it? Perhaps that is what best describes our philological state?
The Course of Empire is a five-part series of paintings created by Thomas Cole in the years 1833-36. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times, when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization, fearing that empire would lead to...