Category: Honor
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November 4, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. For the October Quarterly Discussion, we read Plutarch’s “Coriolanus” and a speech by David McCullough titled “Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are.” I was not really sure if this combination would work because of the great differences between the two pieces. Plutarch’s …
November 24, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “The code word for America was our mother Ne-he-mah.” “I enjoyed serving my country and my people.” – Chester Nez Protecting our country is an act of honor and bravery. Every one of those citizens who sign up for the arduous task of …
October 27, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. In most cases, letter writing became fashionable only after the establishment of a postal service. However, state business has been conducted via the written letter since the beginning of formal governments. Our most recent Quarterly Discussion focused on six different letters from the …
April 14, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. When reading historical documents, it may be easy to forget the more mundane effects that occur when two cultures collide. However, Shakespeare’s Henry the Fifth paints an example of this exact thing. In the play, the actual collision is often thought to take …
December 9, 2016 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s blog. Last week was the first of four scheduled discussions of Harrison Middleton University’s film course on The Hollow Crown series. Ben Whishaw portrays Richard II in Shakespeare’s play by the same name. In it, Bolingbroke (Henry IV) steals the throne from Richard II. …
