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Let's go!

Hello and welcome! I'm J.E. Russell, author of The Liberty Pole (a YA dystopian that follows three friends through a war as they struggle to understand what it means to be free), cartoonist, and...

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In The Shadow of the Greats - the meaning behind the name

Firstly, I should apologize for being terrible about updates. My life is, at best, organized chaos, but that really isn't an excuse. Trying to find a few extra moments to write a blog entry in between...

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No Birthday, No Story

Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 - September 22, 1776)Dr. Joseph Warren (June 11, 1741 - June 17, 1775)I started this the other night, but didn't get very far. I've been rather hit and miss on my writing...

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Happy Independence Day!

            Good evening and happy Independence Day! This is, I think, my favorite holiday because of all that it stands for. The fireworks, the BBQs, the pomp and parade, the history! One little...

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Let's Start Again

I like to put things in boxes. I think that it comes from being a creative raised by two analyticals. It's not a bad thing, per say, but it just never works out quite right in the end. Mostly because...

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The Cliff

Bear with me a moment as I describe the scene. You're walking up a steep incline. The kind that never seems to end. It just keeps going up and up and your breathing gets harder and harder. You feel...

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Humility and Arrogance

A few thoughts on humility and arrogance, on history and current day:I recently discovered iTunesU and have just finished listening to an excellent lecture series out of Yale University by Dr. Joanne...

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Young People and Politics

The American Revolution was, on a grand scale, supported from within the halls of the American universities in the 1760's and '70's. University students (then much younger than they might be now)...

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Finding Your Voice in the Masses

I once had a co-worker and good friend that referred to me as a walking history book. I took it as a great compliment and continue to do so even though I certainly don't feel as if I know as much as I...

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A Character in the Making: Freedom Lewis

I tend to reserve this blog for historical and social/political musings, but every once and a while I may branch out into a bit more. Today is one of those days. I usually begin with a bit on history,...

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Commitment

Image via IMDB.comI have a confession to make that is likely to either make my history-minded friends cringe or laugh. I feel I should make this confession in order to begin this post and to explain...

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Happy Easter!

Hello all and happy Easter! This will be an incredible short post today with the intent, really, to say happy Easter.I was hoping I'd have a full post for you today, but I've been sick with allergies...

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Words, Words, Words

Image via kalyan02Flickr Creative CommonsAs a writer, I think quite a bit on words. What do they mean, how do they fit, and what are the best collections of words to paint the picture of the world that...

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Yom Ha'Shoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013

Yesterday evening at sundown marked the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day. About six million Jews were killed in this horrible display of humanity at its worst. They were rounded up in ghettos...

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Remembering Margaret Thatcher

It's interesting to think how posterity may view us. There are so many ways that people are classified: They were part of this generation or that generation. Were they involved with a political or...

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God Bless Boston

I had originally planned a post for tax day that was meant to talk about taxation issues in pre-revolutionary America and reactions to that. That has been postponed. Regardless of the date on the...

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Act Worthy of Yourselves: The American Spirit

“Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you...

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Act Worthy of Yourselves pt. 2: America's Heart

My friend Heather and I took a trip down to West, Texas this weekend. No, not the far western section of the state, but the little town just outside of Waco that made national news this past week when...

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In the Shadow of the Greats

In April of last year my good friend and fellow writer C.E. Thornton and I made our first trip up to Boston. We went, originally, to attend a convention that Lora Innes (author/illustrator of The...

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Free Enough

There's a conversation a little over half way through The Liberty Pole in which one character asks an other "Haven't you ever wanted to be free?" to which the second replies "I'm free enough," and she...

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