Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president I remember. He gave the nation its interstate highway system—a project that reshaped America's economic future and...
Contrary to some popular misconceptionss, Gaelic is not just Irish. It's a part of Scottish history and identity, as well.
The United States recently celebrated its 250th anniversary, the day it declared its independence from England and ended what Thomas Paine called an absurdity...
“Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.” — Polybius
“The principle of democracy is corrupted to only when the spirit of equality is extinct.” — Montesquieu
Veterans Day snuck up on me a few days ago. No, I am not a vet. My father was in the Navy for 10...
The world watched in astonishment as the Conclave of Cardinals made an unprecedented decision—electing Robert Francis Prevost, the first U.S. citizen, as Pope Leo...
The thought of eternal suffering is a significant motivator for those who are strong in their religious beliefs. It is also conducive to those who push various religious doctrines on their congregants to keep them in line.
There is something about Nikki Haley that will never allow her to grasp and understand how to explain the lingering impact enslavement has had on Blacks.
The freedmen were not really free in 1865, nor are most of their descendants really free in 1965. Slavery was but one aspect of a race and color problem that is still far from solution here, or anywhere. In America, particularly, the grapes of wrath have not yet yielded their bitter vintage. — The Oxford History of the American People [1965], ch.1