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The Greatest Blunder in British History | Print |  E-mail
Written by Laurence M. Vance   
Monday, 30 March 2009 04:00

wwiiIt was 70 years ago on March 31 when Great Britain committed the fatal blunder that led to World War II: issuing a war guarantee to Poland. This was the war, as Pat Buchanan says in his recent book, Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, that “led to the slaughter of the Jews and tens of millions of Christians, the devastation of Europe, Stalinization of half the continent, the fall of China to Maoist madness, and half a century of Cold War.” Buchanan’s book is essential for understanding why World War II was so unnecessary.

 
Revolutionary Virtue | Print |  E-mail
Written by Becky Akers   
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 18:00

Death of Marat"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people," John Adams famously announced in 1798. "It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

 
The Militia: In History and Today | Print |  E-mail
Written by John A. Eidsmoe   
Thursday, 05 March 2009 18:10

Colorado State Defense Force photo

The army — defender or destroyer of freedom? Throughout history power-hungry rulers have used armies to conquer and oppress other lands, and to impose tyranny on their own people. But armies have also been used to defend country and freedom — particularly when the government is restrained from abusing the power of the sword, and when the military itself is composed of citizen-soldiers who love liberty and have a strong attachment to the homeland they are entrusted to defend.

 
Holodomor: The Secret Holocaust in Ukraine | Print |  E-mail
Written by James Perloff   
Thursday, 05 February 2009 18:00

Starving girl in UkraineWhen Ukraine resisted Soviet attempts at collectivization in the 1920s and '30s, the Soviet Union under Stalin used labor camps, executions, and starvation (Holodomor) to kill millions of Ukrainians.

 
"Three Fires, and You Are Free!" | Print |  E-mail
Written by Becky Akers   
Tuesday, 20 January 2009 21:22

Detail of Battle of Camden paintingThree shots from his inexperienced militia — followed by their hasty retreat — was exactly what Daniel Morgan needed to win the day at the fateful Battle of Cowpens.

 
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