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Are We Making Heroes of Our Villains?

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Are We Making Heroes of Our Villains?
"The Coronation of Charlemagne" by Raphael. During the Middle Ages, Charlemagne, as well as others such as Alfred the Great, were looked to as heroes. Public domain
Jeff Minick
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“I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me.” —Terence, Roman playwright

Nothing human is alien to me?

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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