A Brief History of Government Immunizations
As the start of the federal government’s most ambitious vaccination program approaches, it is worth taking a second look at the history of...
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Teutoburg Forest: The Battle That Saved the West
September, 9 A.D., Kalkriese Hill, northern Germany: the Germanic warriors waited in grim silence. Three Roman legions, commanded by General Publius Quintilius Varus,...
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Fatima and the Turbulence of Our Times
May 1917 was a time of troubles. In France the titanic Battle of Arras was raging. The United States, which had declared war...
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Resurrecting the Black Regiment
Most Americans today would probably still recognize the stirring words from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn”: “By the rude bridge that arched the...
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Unresolved Questions Surround KAL 007
In the midst of public outcry over the decision by Scottish authorities to free Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, convicted in 1991 for his involvement...
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Sousa’s March of Greatness
Arielle Levin Becker of the Washington Post wrote about John Philip Sousa’s professional stature as regards his past association with the Marine Corps...
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Browning: One Man’s Impact
On a particular fall day in 1889, the members of the Ogden Rifle Club of Ogden, Utah, were out in force. The men...
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China Betrayed Into Communism
Although the mass media present China today as “progressive,” especially after the 2008 Olympics fanfare, it remains among the world’s cruelest regimes. ...
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Ordinary Patriots, Extraordinary Sacrifices
George Washington, Nathan Hale, Thomas Paine, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry: heroes whose names will live as long as liberty does. Yet behind the...
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
A premonition of death hovered over the medieval section of Warsaw. Surrounded by a 10-foot wall of brick and barbed wire, the most...
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How the New York Times Helped Tyrants
The New York Times may have a reputation as America’s premiere newspaper, but it also has a well-deserved reputation among informed Americans as...
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The Bielski Forest
When Germany invaded Poland in WWII, the Polish Jews that the Germans did not immediately kill were jammed in ghettos, there to await...
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The Standards of Our Standard
On our first day in school, most of us stood beside our desk, put our little hand over our heart, and repeated (with...
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A Primer on the Illuminati
Type?? “Illuminati” into an Internet search engine and you will wind up with an impossible aggregation too numerous and contradictory to be useful....
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The American Flag
The start of a baseball game, a football game, a NASCAR race, or a rodeo is predictable: crowds turn to face the American...
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