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Born in New Castle, Delaware, George Ross was raised in a very large family. He received a classical education at home before studying law in Philadelphia under his brother, John Ross. In 1750, at 20 years old, he was admitted to the bar and established a successful legal practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where his intellect […]
You’ve probably never heard of Somaliland. After this episode, you won’t forget it. In this episode of The Brief, host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Hassan Aden — CEO of Somaliland Investment and Trade — for a conversation about one of the most overlooked geopolitical stories of our time. The Republic of Somaliland spent more […]
A sixteen-day celebration of America’s founding kicked off with President Trump opening the Great American State Fair in Washington, DC. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigns in disgrace but sets a months-long timetable to go. Archaeologists in Egypt unearth an ancient treasure at Heliopolis, the biblical city tied to Joseph in the Book of Genesis. […]
Known as the “Conscience of the Revolution” and described as perhaps the most formidable female intellectual in eighteenth-century America, Mercy Otis Warren was a poet, historian, and playwright. She believed in the Revolution and played an integral role in capturing, shaping, and moving the cause forward. Born in 1728 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, Mercy Otis was […]
Thomas Stone was born in 1743, in Charles County, Maryland, to a wealthy planter family. After completing preparatory studies in classics, he pursued law in Annapolis under Thomas Johnson, who would become Maryland’s first state governor. Admitted to the Maryland bar in 1764, Stone opened a practice in Frederick, Maryland. His political career began in […]
