Alexis de Tocqueville was born in France 62 years after Thomas Jefferson, but the parallels between them are remarkable.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Lifelines
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville was born in France 62 years after Thomas Jefferson, but the parallels between them are remarkable.
Lifelines
Herodotus
Herodotus of Athens was the first significant historian. This idea was so new that he didn't even call his stories of the wars between the Ancient Persians and Greeks "history."
Historia
Joan of Arc
We know more about Joan of Arc than perhaps any other person from medieval Europe. Yet in some ways we do not know her, as her story seems so out of the ordinary, and so hard for modern people to comprehend.
Backyard Astronomer
10/29/25 - Observe the Moon Night
Friday, Oct. 3 is when the Delta College Planetarium in Bay City will celebrate this year’s International Observe the Moon Night.