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Boy Set on Fire in Brutal Revenge Attack
In one of the most heinous crimes imaginable, a 15-year-old Florida boy was set ablaze by five other teens in a revenge attack...
Another Honor Killing?
Police in Peoria, Arizona, just outside Glendale, are searching for a suspect in the attempted murder of his daughter. ...
Read moreFormer Lesbian Lover Awarded Custody of Non-biological Children
The Montana Supreme Court has awarded custody of two children to the non-biological partner of a former lesbian couple, when the actual adoptive...
Read morePopular Presidents
In 1909, in the great state of Illinois, school teachers one February day were directed to spend at least half the school day...
Read moreMussolini Worked for British Intelligence
Reuters reported on October 14 that Benito Mussolini had been in the pay of British intelligence services during the First World War. The...
Read moreRifqa Bary Must Return to Ohio
Rifqa Bary, the 17-year-old Christian girl who fled her parents because she feared they would kill her, must return to her home state...
Read moreThe New Face of Psychiatry
To ensure that psychiatry “permeate every educational activity of national life” and “infiltrate the professional and social activities of [all] people” was a...
Read moreCelebrating Columbus Day
Columbus Day — once a time to celebrate one of the heroes of modern Western Civilization — is dying a slow death. Besieged...
Read moreThe Oldest Constitutional Republic
The Constitution of San Marino was adopted on October 8, 1600, making the tiny European enclave arguably the world's oldest constitutional republic. ...
Read moreDeclining Population Accompanied Rome’s Rise to Empire
Following in the wake of the news of the discovery of Nero’s extravagant banquet hall, another archaeological find is revealing even more about...
Read moreBattle of Lepanto: Armada of the Cross
Autumn had come to the Mediterranean, and more than a hint of the blustery winter to come was in the air, as two...
Read moreTadeusz Kosciuszko: Premier Polish Patriot
British General John Burgoyne must have been bitterly disappointed one day in July 1777 in the upper Hudson Valley — the day his...
Read moreMichigan Mom Told to Stop Baby-sitting
It takes a village to raise a child, except when the government gets involved. ...
Read morePastor Paul Blair on Aunt Bee, CSI & Football
Pastor Paul Blair was reviewing his sermon notes before one Sunday evening service when he looked up to see Aunt Bee and the...
Read moreThe Sad Antics of Blasphemy Day
Do you have a hard time keeping track of religious holidays? One may take for granted that few people would know that September...
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