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Why Islam is called 'eternal blight on learning'
Islam has been called an "eternal blight on learning" for a reason. It has a long, barbaric history of destroying anything cultural. → Read More
The surprising origin of Valentine's Day
Everyone enjoys Valentine's Day. But do you know the history behind it? Here are some little-known facts and figures on the world's most romantic holiday. → Read More
Civil rights: A century-long fight with Democrats
In 1857, the Supreme Court, with seven of the nine Justices being Democrat, decided that Dred Scott was not a citizen, but property. Chief Justice Roger Taney, appointed by Democrat President Andrew Jackson, referenced in his decision that slaves were “so far inferior … that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery […] → Read More
The hand that rocks the cradle is still vital
Mothers’ Day was held in Boston in 1872 at the suggestion of Julia Ward Howe, writer of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” But it was Anna Jarvis, daughter of a Methodist minister in Grafton, West Virginia, who made it a national event. During the Civil War, Anna Jarvis’ mother organized Mothers’ Day Work Clubs […] → Read More
The ugly history of federal income tax
On April 15, 1865, President Lincoln died. He was shot the night before in Ford’s Theater. On April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank. It struck an iceberg the night before. Among the 1,514 lives lost were millionaires John Jacob Astor IV, Benjamin Guggenheim and Isa Strauss, all of whom were vocal opponents of the federal […] → Read More
Daniel Webster’s most profound thought
One of the five greatest Senators in U.S. history, the state of New Hampshire placed his statue in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. His career spanned almost four decades, serving as Secretary of State for Presidents William Harrison, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. His name was Daniel Webster, born Jan. 18, 1782. From a New […] → Read More
A battle so famous, they turned it into a movie
“The bloody butcher” is what colonists called British Colonel Banastre Tarleton. He let his dragoons bayonet and hack hundreds of surrendering Americans at Buford’s Massacre during the Battle of Waxhaw, May 29, 1780. In January of 1781, 26-year-old Colonel Banastre Tarleton led 1,200 of Britain’s best troops, consisting of British dragoons, regulars, highlanders and loyalists, […] → Read More
What did Napoleon have to do with American independence?
Five hundred men, women and children were massacred at Fort Mims, Alabama, just north of Mobile, on Aug. 30, 1813, by the Red Stick Creek Indians. The Alabama historical marker reads: Fort Mims Here in the Creek Indian War 1813-14 took place the most brutal massacre in American history. Indians took fort with heavy loss, […] → Read More
‘Father of American Medicine’ had something to say about education
“Disease has destroyed ten men for us, where the sword of the enemy has killed one” – wrote John Adams to his wife Abigail, April 13, 1777. At the beginning of the Revolution, an estimated 30 percent of soldiers became infected with smallpox. This largely began when the British evacuated Boston, which they had occupied […] → Read More
Even Plato knew how tyrants arise
Plato was a Greek philosopher who lived in the city-state of Athens. In 380 A.D., Plato wrote “The Republic,” where he described in Books 8 and 9: “States are as the men are; they grow out of human characters. … Like state, like man.” “The Republic” is written as a collection of conversations of Plato’s […] → Read More
Proof prayer never meant to be excluded from government
Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger wrote in Marsh v. Chambers (1982): “It can hardly be thought that in the same week the members of the first Congress voted to appoint and pay a chaplain for each House and also voted to approve the draft of the First Amendment … (that) they intended to forbid what […] → Read More
Best government: Top-down or bottom-up?
Sept. 16, 1620, according to the Gregorian Calendar, 102 passengers set sail on the Pilgrims’ ship, Mayflower, with the blessings of their separatist pastor, John Robinson. Their 66-day journey of 2,750 miles encountered storms so rough the beam supporting the main mast cracked and was propped back in place with “a great iron screw.” One […] → Read More
Classic communist tactic: Forget or rewrite history
On Sept. 13, 1814, just weeks after they burned the U.S. Capitol, British forces attacked Baltimore, Maryland – the third largest city in America. Britain had the largest global empire in world history, controlling 13 million square miles – almost a quarter of the Earth’s land – and nearly half billion people – one-fifth of […] → Read More
Yet another culture obliterated by Muslims
Did you know Assyria was the world’s first empire? It was located in what is today Syria and Iraq. It was mentioned by name in the Book of Genesis, chapter 2, verse 14: “And the name of the third river is Hiddekel (Tigris): that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria.” Around the […] → Read More
Roman Empire: Ominous parallels with modern America
The fall of Rome was a culmination of external and internal factors. Great Wall of China By 220 A.D., the Later Eastern Han Dynasty had extended sections of the Great Wall of China along its Mongolian border. This resulted in the Northern Huns attacking west instead of east. This caused a domino effect of tribes […] → Read More
How ‘hand of Providence’ saved America
King George III’s British army was forced to evacuate Boston. They headed to New York. General George Washington responded by moving American troops to New York and fortifying Brooklyn Heights. Enthusiasm was high as Washington’s ranks swelled to nearly 20,000. Before long, hundreds of British ships filled New York’s harbor, carrying 32,000 troops. It was […] → Read More
The exciting story behind ‘Don’t give up the ship!’
Among the U.S. Navy and Marine heroes confronting Tripoli’s Muslim Barbary pirates was Captain James Lawrence. In 1804, Captain Lawrence was second-in-command, under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, of an expedition to destroy the captured 36-gun frigate USS Philadelphia held in Tripoli’s harbor. It had run aground on an uncharted sandbar. Muslim pirates captured it and were […] → Read More
Novel concept for interpreting founding documents
He was one of six founding fathers to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. President Washington appointed him to be a Justice on the Supreme Court. His name was James Wilson. Born in Scotland, James Wilson was one of the first to argue against British dominance. In 1774, James Wilson wrote “Considerations […] → Read More
What happens when we lose ‘judicial restraint’
“A conservative among liberals, and a liberal among conservatives,” he was not consistently conservative enough for Republican President Warren G. Harding and he was not consistently liberal enough for Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt. As a result, he was passed over several times to be a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. His name was Learned […] → Read More
Bill Clinton: A conservative by today’s standards?
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!” wrote Sir Walter Scott in his poem “In Marmion” (1808, canto VI, stanza XVII). On Aug. 19, 1785, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Peter Carr: “He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second […] → Read More