History

Sir Thomas More: God’s Servant First

There is, if you will, an arresting scene in A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt’s magnificent play about Sir Thomas More. The...

Jack Kenny August 6, 2010

University of Virginia Digitizes Papers of James Madison

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. August 3, 2010

The Rotunda at the University of Virginia announced last week that the university’s collection of the papers of James Madison are being digitized...

James Madison and Limited Government

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 26, 2010

Famed Roman orator, the silver-tongued Cicero, once noted, "It is valuable to look to the words of our Founders, but it is more...

Railroads, Robber Barons, and Unbridled Capitalism

Bob Adelmann July 16, 2010

When Matthew Josephson wrote The Robber Barons in 1934, he tipped his hand as to his personal prejudice against the capitalists of the...

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Deporting Illegal Immigrants

July 13, 2010

Pardon me, but if I hear one more time that we can’t deport 12 million illegal aliens I’m headed for the backyard to...

Glenn Beck: History Vindicated Joe McCarthy

Thomas R. Eddlem June 25, 2010

Fox News host Glenn Beck aired an extraordinary program June 24 explaining how the facts released from the files of the FBI and...

Kent State and the Perfect Coup

Beverly K. Eakman June 23, 2010

In May 1970, news was made at Ohio's Kent State University when campus police and the National Guard attempted to wrest control from...

Where Else But Armenia? World’s Oldest Leather Shoe Found

Mary McHugh June 21, 2010

In the country of Mt. Ararat, where the Bible says Noah’s Ark rested when the Great Flood subsided, there now is news of...

Mithraic Mysteries and the Cult of Empire

June 11, 2010

The proud Roman general stood with his commanders and retinue as the wild hillsmen, dressed in the ragged but still-flamboyant clothes of corsairs,...

Amtrak and the Railroads

Becky Akers May 28, 2010

Amtrak and its lobbyists at the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) recently invited us to commemorate the third annual National Train Day...

Fear & Fatal Power During the Time of Pompey

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 14, 2010

Since the days when Mark Antony’s grandfather patrolled the coasts of the Mediterranean searching for the distinctive gilded-stemmed masts of their lightweight vessels,...