"The Perfect Historical Primer"
Seventy years ago today, Allied forces from the United States, Great Britain, Canada and various other parts of the globe, embarked on the largest military invasion in history: D-Day. Germany had overtaken Europe four years prior, but now the tide … Read More »
Last Saturday marked the 60th anniversary of the momentous Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. This Supreme Court case ended race-based segregation in American schools and moved the United States into the Civil Rights era. Rather than diving … Read More »
Yesterday, the world of Galactic Warfare nerds, claims, was “Star War’s Day”. Why? Because the terrible cringe-worthy pun “May the 4th be with you” was invented and perpetuated amongst many hundreds of people. Although a case could indeed be made … Read More »
Easter is, in one sense, the most important day of the year. It is a day that we remember and celebrate the most important event in the history: the resurrection of Christ. Besides the original “Easter”, another Easter changed the … Read More »
We have strayed far from the Founding Father’s original intent for our country. This is due, in a substantial part, to the Civil War. Ironically, the Civil War almost united the country. The North fought the South, the USA fought … Read More »
In 1776, American colonists declared independence from Great Britain. Under twenty years later, the French deposed their king and guillotined him and his wife. The American and French Revolutions were close chronologically but radically different in nature. While the American … Read More »
Common sense. That’s what we all want and what we all need. That’s also the title of the pamphlet that started the American Revolution. Common Sense was written by English immigrant Thomas Paine in 1775 and 1776. He made a … Read More »
Little people can change the world. That’s what makes history so great sometimes: the courageous audacity of unassuming persons can transform nations. In the case of Rosa Parks, a little old lady in Alabama, a movement was born to bring … Read More »
Today, we are living in a post-Christian culture. Despite what we may want to believe about our society, we have collectively abandoned God and confined him to the “private sector”. How did this come to be? How did we regress … Read More »