Civilization and Tsunamis
It is a signal irony that, within days of the apocalyptic earthquake and tsunami that have brought Japan to her knees, archaeologists announced...
History
The Revolution’s Reactionary Radicals
When Solomon observed that there’s nothing new under the sun, he might have been...
Daniel Webster’s Infamous “Seventh of March” speech Delivered in 1850
On this day 161 years ago, famed orator Daniel Webster delivered one of the...
A History of Union Murder and Sabotage
The raging union-led protests in Wisconsin have resulted in many Americans taking a closer,...
Founding Fathers for ObamaCare?
Did the Founding Fathers support the idea of government-run healthcare? The question seems to...
President Grover Cleveland: the Democrat Who Vetoed 300 Bills
Prior to serving two non-consecutive terms as President of the United States (#22 from...
A Look Back: Larry McDonald at CPAC 1979
With all the excitement generated at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we...
The Raid on Truk Lagoon
Having grown up during the years following World War II, it never fails to...
Hmong People Say Goodbye To Their Hero
General Vang Pao, the heroic anti-communist leader of the Laotian Hmong, was laid to...
Reagan Centennial: Facts are Stubborn Things
As political commentator for the Concerned Women for American's Legislative Action Committee and former...
Military-industrial Spending Spree
“Avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government,...
In Wake of Tucson, Media Ignores Rep. Larry McDonald
In the midst of one American tragedy, another one is being ignored. Following the...
Global Warming Brought Down the Roman Empire?
If English historian Edward Gibbon were alive today, he might have to add a...
A Renewed Myth That The John Birch Society Incited Kennedy Assassination
The Warren Commission concluded back in 1964 that it had "no evidence that the extreme...
Robert E. Lee: A Man Without a Country for 110 Years
Several states officially recognize and celebrate January 19 as Robert E. Lee’s birthday, including...
The Four-hundredth Anniversary of the King James Bible
Before the English founded Jamestown in the Virginia Colony on May 14, 1607, work...
What Is the Essence of American Liberty?
In the art and science of perfumery, it is understood that a precise admixture...
Mark Twain’s Tabooed Talk
It is sometimes said regretfully that many Americans today get their “slant” on the...
100th Birthday of the Karl Marx of Arab Socialism
Though the majority of Americans have never heard of him, one hundred years ago...