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 views expressed toward President Kennedy by some rightwing groups...
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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 state of Virginia as part of Jackson-Lee Day...
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The Four-hundredth Anniversary of the King James Bible
Before the English founded Jamestown in the Virginia Colony on May 14, 1607, work had already begun on what has been called “the...
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What Is the Essence of American Liberty?
In the art and science of perfumery, it is understood that a precise admixture of the right oils makes the perfect perfume. The...
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Mark Twain’s Tabooed Talk
It is sometimes said regretfully that many Americans today get their “slant” on the news from TV’s late-night comedians. But today’s “baby boomers”...
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100th Birthday of the Karl Marx of Arab Socialism
Though the majority of Americans have never heard of him, one hundred years ago a key figure in Islamic socialism was born in...
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Johannes Kepler: Father of Celestial Mechanics
December 27 marks the birthday of the Father of Celestial Mechanics, Johannes Kepler. Born in 1571, he went on to become one of...
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They Still Hate Senator McCarthy
The Southern Poverty Legal Center, which might be interested in innocent Americans enduring state-sponsored sexual harassment in airports or the coercion on college...
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Dec. 15: Anniversary of Our Bill of Rights
On June 8, 1789 James Madison, the congressman representing Virginia’s 5th District, rose to speak in a session of the First Congress and...
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Papers Reveal Evolution of Term “Military-Industrial Complex”
Papers released to the public on December 10 by the Eisenhower Presidential Library appear to show that as America’s 34th President prepared his...
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John Finn: Last of Pearl’s Medal of Honor Heroes
John William Finn was an amazing man. He passed away earlier this year just shy of 101 years of age. He was a...
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Pearl Harbor Was No Surprise
True history is not served if all that is remembered about December 7 is that it is the 61st anniversary of Japan’s surprise...
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Who Funded the Mayflower?
Richard Maybury’s “The Great Thanksgiving Hoax,” first published in 1999 summarized the sanitized version of the Pilgrim’s landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620...
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Benson Letter Backed Welch Against “Ike”
It should surprise no one that someone who had served in the Eisenhower administration would call FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's attention to...
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