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Evan Mantyk
Evan Mantyk teaches history and literature in New York. He is also president and editor of the Society of Classical Poets.
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The Smoke and Mirrors of the Marijuana Legalization Movement
Commentary From my mailbox, I pulled out the usual junk mail and was recently surprised to find a ...
Viewpoints
May 23, 2026
250 Years Later: Time for an American Renaissance
Commentary Before the communists, the study of Chinese history was traditionally quite profound. It mapped out a detailed ...
Viewpoints
April 22, 2026
New Ideas on UFOs Enter Debate
Commentary Are you ready to be shocked? Imagine that you are there in Baltimore in 1844 when the ...
Viewpoints
April 13, 2026
Understanding the Iran War Through Homer’s ‘Odyssey’
Commentary Among men on this Earth, there are really only two modes to human relations: friends and foes. ...
Viewpoints
March 25, 2026
The SAT Versus the Classic Learning Test
The CLT's goal is to connect students with truth, goodness, and beauty. It is poised to become the ...
Viewpoints
March 14, 2026
How Can We Make American Movies Great Again?
Commentary Here at The Epoch Times, Jeff Minick recently wrote that the country now needs MAMA, meaning "make ...
Viewpoints
February 21, 2026
China’s 50-Cent Army Invades US Cyberspace
For the CCP, the internet is the battlefield, information is a weapon, and continued political power is its ...
Viewpoints
February 1, 2026
It’s Time to Reverse Course on Marijuana Legalization
Cannabis legalization is no longer a joke.
Viewpoints
January 15, 2026
The Case for an American Monarchy, Seriously
Commentary I know, I know. No real American takes monarchy seriously. It is in the DNA of the ...
Viewpoints
January 2, 2026
Former PBS Gardener Shares His Gardening Stories Through Poems
These poems by C.B. Anderson are from the Society of Classical Poets, founded by Evan Mantyk. The Society ...
Literature
May 29, 2025
Two Poems for St. Patrick’s Day
These poems are from the Society of Classical Poets, founded by Evan Mantyk. The Society is dedicated to ...
Literature
March 17, 2025
The Witty and Wise Short Poems of Russel Winick
The poems are from the Society of Classical Poets, founded by Evan Mantyk. The Society is dedicated to ...
Literature
February 28, 2025
A Poem for President’s Day: ‘Washington and the Cherry Tree’
This poem is from the site of the Society of Classical Poets, founded by Evan Mantyk. The Society ...
Literature
February 12, 2025
Poems to Help Students Learn Their Grammar
These poems are from the Society of Classical Poets, founded by Evan Mantyk. The Society is dedicated to ...
Literature
January 28, 2025
Three Poems on Snow to Keep You Warm This Winter
These poems are from the Society of Classical Poets, founded by Evan Mantyk. The Society is dedicated to ...
Literature
January 17, 2025
Poems to Read to Your Wife of Many Years
These poems are from the Society of Classical Poets, founded by Evan Mantyk. The Society is dedicated to ...
Literature
January 3, 2025
Two Poems to Start the New Year
Are New Year’s resolutions useless or meaningful? Here are opposing views in verse. These poems are in the ...
Literature
December 31, 2024
Charming Christmas Poems to Share
These poems are by living poets who write in a beautiful, traditional style about what the holiday means ...
Literature
December 17, 2024
This Poet May Be the New Robert Frost
Adam Sedia's nature-inspired verse, insightful reflections, and plain style are reminiscent of the great American poet Robert Frost.
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December 12, 2024
Six Rhyming Riddles to Tease Your Brain
Put on your thinking caps. It's time for an ocean of clever riddles. You'll find the answers at ...
Literature
December 10, 2024
Poetry: The Original Social Media
It was in an Epoch Times newsroom, in July 2012, where my fellow reporter Joshua Philipp and I ...
Fine Arts
November 18, 2022
How Alexander the Great Became Great, Part 3
Based the earliest surviving historical source on Alexander the Great, Diodorus Siculus (90–30 B.C.), we have seen the ...
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December 16, 2021
How Alexander the Great Became Great, Part 2
Whether fictional or factual, there are many splendid flourishes in the tapestry of the history of Alexander the ...
Arts & Culture
November 16, 2021
How Alexander the Great Became Great, Part 1
When high school teachers in schools today discuss Alexander the Great, it is a sad reality that most ...
Arts & Culture
November 4, 2021
An Interview With Leading Poet and Petrarch Translator A.M. Juster
A widely published translator of ancient Latin texts, a former high-ranking government bureaucrat, and an incredible poet who ...
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September 17, 2021
Rediscovering the Art of Poetry
There is something magical about a well-written poem. Using nothing more than ink on paper, one can experience ...
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November 13, 2020
On the 700th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath
When, long ago, the Roman Empire reached far and wide across Europe, there was one land where the ...
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April 16, 2020
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