Tag: Civil War

The two Americas

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Bookworm

I think I’ve managed to boil down to a paragraph what’s happened to America, and I don’t see any way of walking this back.

Is There Any Sort of Silver Lining?

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Wolf Howling

If there is a silver lining to our national debacle, I don’t see it. Do you? It is almost 1 a.m. here on the East coast and it appears that the Georgia Senate election is over. This from Andrea Widburg at American Thinker: . . . [T]he vote has been

The Media Creating Conditions For A Civil War

Posted on November 14, 2020November 15, 2020 by Wolf Howling

J.P. Sears sees the MSM driving us towards a civil war. His choice of analogizing Democrats to spoiled children — willing to destroy the nation if they are prevented from getting their way — is spot on. I remain unconvinced that the utterly corrupt and demented Joe Biden won the

Progressives Prepare To Cross The Rubicon

Posted on October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 by Wolf Howling

Progressives packing the Supreme Court will be the equivalent of Julius Caeser crossing the Rubicon. It will be the de facto end of our Republic and, likely, the start of a second civil war. The seriousness with which the progressive left dreams of taking permanent power in America is on

History, Holidays & Observances on January 15

Posted on January 15, 2020January 13, 2020 by Wolf Howling

Elizabeth I crowned Queen, Robert Morris asks Congress to adopt coinage and a national mint, British Museum, War of 1812, Civil War, Donkeys & the Democrat Party, Coca-Cola, Spartacist Uprising, Spanish Civil War, Pope John Paul II & Lech Walesa Major Events on January 15 1559 – Elizabeth I is

History, Holidays & Observance on January 9

Posted on January 9, 2020January 2, 2020 by Wolf Howling

Feast of Adrian of Canterbury, Massacre of Jews in Basel, Switzerland, Britain introduces the income tax, Joan of Arc, Horatio Nelson, Daguerreotype photography, Star of the West incident, Battle of Gallipoli, iPhone Holidays and Observances on January 9 Feast of Adrian of Canterbury (memorial). Adrian of Canterbury was born about

History, Holidays & Observances on December 15

Posted on December 15, 2019December 23, 2019 by Wolf Howling

Today: The History of the Bill of Rights, Prohibition Ends, Battle of Nashville, the Holocaust in the Ukraine, Nero, Sitting Bull, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 15 Bill of Rights Day – Today we celebrate the Bill of Rights becoming the law of

History, Holidays & Observances on December 7, Pearl Harbor Day

Posted on December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 by Wolf Howling

A look at some of the history and holidays on December 7 Holidays & Observances on December 7 Pearl Harbor Day — The U.S. and Japan were in ongoing peace negotiations when, at 7:48 AM Hawaii time on this day in 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack

History, Holidays & Observances on December 5

Posted on December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 by Wolf Howling

A look at some of the history and holidays on December 5 Holidays & Observances on December 5 Feast of St. Crispina, an African noble woman and mother who adopted Christianity and was executed in 304 A.D. for refusing to make offerings to the Roman gods during the Diocletian Persecutions.

History, Holidays & Observances on December 3

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by Wolf Howling

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

History, Holidays & Observances on December 1

Posted on December 1, 2019March 14, 2022 by Wolf Howling

Today: Advent Sunday, Lincoln & slavery, Stalin’s Great Purge, Rosa Parks, Charlemagne, Pope Leo III, David Ben Gurion, Christmas Music . . . AND MORE

History, Holidays & Observances – November 19

Posted on November 19, 2019November 14, 2019 by Wolf Howling

A 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

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The Impeachment & The Russia Probe

Posted on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 by Wolf Howling

The Barr/Durham Russia probe is now a criminal investigation. The NYT reports that the investigation is without basis and that pushing for Ukrainian assistance is part of the justification for the House Impeachment investigation. It was apparent from Nancy Pelosi’s “fact sheet” released the other day (and blogged here) that

On Constitution Day, Leftists assault the Constitution

Posted on September 19, 2019September 24, 2019 by Wolf Howling

For most of America, September 17 was “Constitution Day.” For progressives, it was a day to launch a multi-pronged assault on the Constitution. On September, 17, 1787, the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention signed their finished product, the Constitution, and released it to the states to consider for ratification. It

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Andrew Johnson, Democrat, set the stage for today’s racial strife

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Bookworm

Democrat Andrew Johnson was one of America’s worst presidents, for he set the stage for the racial strife that today’s Democrats encourage and exploit. Yesterday afternoon, I joined a friend for a dog walking expedition. As we were walking along, we talked about the racial divisions the Left has stoked