Recent Books

When dealing with history these days there is a heavy emphasis on women and minorities position within history.

While this is good. And I do mean good, as I do not want to marginalize anyone, this can get to the point where the emphasis is to great. Some of the recent history books marginalize many people who stood in at desperate times.

William Wilberforce is almost gone from the pages of history.

Instead we have how great slaves resisted. Without Wilberforce slaves in the Western world would still be accepted.

Instead of how the start of liberty of all people was given, all I read is the so many people were excluded. Yes they were, however without the brilliant men crafting the Constitution of the United States, no freedoms would be possible.

It almost seems that many people care more about the history of incontinence supplies then about other important facets of history.