Ancient Greece is known to have been extremely patriarchal, especially Athens. Women were supposedly forbidden from participating in the intellectual life of the city. Yet, Aspasia of Miletus is a well-documented philosopher and teacher who lived in Athens at the same time as Socrates and may have had a profound influence on his teachings. Read […]
Hamilton: An American Musical began airing on Disney+ on July 3, 2020, in the midst of protests and growing unrest in the United States surrounding the difficult race relations that have plagued the U.S. since before its founding. This musical is based on the life of the Founding Father of the United States, Alexander Hamilton, […]
In most of my writing, I try to stay away from difficult or controversial issues and instead focus on astrology and metaphysics. Yet, this is a site which discusses real historical figures, and there is not really any way to avoid these type of issues. If you turn more than two pages of any history […]
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton’s husband, Alexander, was one of the most controversial of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Controversies surrounding him go all the way back to his date of birth. We know he was born on January 11, but we don’t know whether he was born in 1755 or 1757. […]
For various reasons, I tend not to be aware of pop culture. Because of this, I have been relatively late to the phenomenon that the musical Hamilton has become. When I first learned of it, it did not have any immediate appeal to me. A musical in hip-hop style about the first U.S. Secretary of […]