Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Today: Hannibal at the Battle of Trebia; Cromwell and the Jews; Lincoln & the 13th Am., Verdun, Charles Wesley, Stalin, The Nutcracker Ballet And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 18 The Great O’s – The 2nd of the “Great O’s” of the Advent (see explanation on
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A look at some of the history and holidays on December 3 Holidays & Observances on December 3 The feast of St. Francis Xavier, one of history’s most successful Catholic missionaries and, in 1534, one of the co-founders of the Jesuit Order. Before joining the clergy, Xavier was a student
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Today: Advent Sunday, Lincoln & slavery, Stalin’s Great Purge, Rosa Parks, Charlemagne, Pope Leo III, David Ben Gurion, Christmas Music . . . AND MORE
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on November 28, the Thanksgiving Edition Holidays & Observances on November 28 Thanksgiving Day — In 1620, the Mayflower set out with 102 people aboard, most of whom were pilgrims had left their home of 12 years in Leiden destined for
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on November 19 Holidays & Observances on November 19 Feast of St. Raphael Kalinowski – Polish by birth, Kalinowski started his adult life in the mid-19th century as a military officer in the Russian Imperial Army. He eventually resigned and joined
Continue readingThe Declaration of Independence was written for the colonists, to justify our call to arms, and to Britain’s enemies, to assure them of our intent. Below is the Declaration of Independence annotated and its historical context. Following that are some additional comments on the Declaration and its importance. Update: Read
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I do not pretend to know what @TheRealAbrahamLincoln would have said of the debate. All I know, was that I thought it was great when Trump charged Clinton with sex, lies, and servers. What was your take on the debate?
Continue readingThe White House is a bully pulpit. Words spoken there travel far through space and time. George Washington on free trade: Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest, but even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting
Continue readingI believe that at least the majority of the statements in this Facebook meme, which are current only through 2013, are factually accurate (I’m not in a place where I have enough internet to cross-check): In 1865 a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. In
Continue readingSometimes distance provides perspective. My travels meant that, rather than being enveloped by news as I usually am, I read it only intermittently, and often through the New York Times’ filter, since that was the only news to which I had access for many days at a time. The few
Continue readingI’ve got an amazing array of links, all of which indicate that, with three weeks before the election, America and the Middle East aren’t static. Instead, there are a lot of things that are suddenly coming to the boil in ways that make me pray very hard that Mitt Romney
Continue readingA couple of weeks ago, I posted about the fact that “the most brilliant president ever” doesn’t know the difference between an endorser and an endorsee. As you may recall, an Abraham Lincoln impersonator showed up at Obama’s campaign event, leading Obama to say “‘My homeboy from Illinois,’ Obama said,
Continue readingFor a supposedly great orator, Obama certainly has a strained relationship with the English language: A Marion, Iowa, man who has been a popular performer at Republican events attended President Obama’s rally on the Kirkwood Community College campus yesterday. Lance Mack wore a dark suit and a tall, stove-pipe hat
Continue readingYesterday, I got to be snarky about Time Magazine’s aggressive breast feeding cover (and if “aggressive breast feeding” isn’t a post-modern liberal oxymoron, I don’t know what is). Today, I get to poke fun at Newsweek, for it’s “Obama : The First Gay President” cover: Newsweak isn’t actually claiming that
Continue readingWilliam Katz has his own, very interesting, blog at Urgent Agenda. However, he saves his long posts for Power Line and this time he has a doozy about the many ways in which Obama is not JFK. Since Katz lived a life that was front and center at many historical
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