Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Major Events: French Revolution & Execution of Louis XVI Notable Events: USS Nautilus, Miss Sam, Khe Sanh, Thule Air Base Nuclear Incident, New Gingrich Ethics Ciolations, Pussy Hat March Born: Antonio Molinari, Adriaen van der Werff, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Peter De Wint, Moritz von Schwind, Stonewall Jackson, Felix Hoffmann, Jack Nicklaus
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Today: Pope Damasus organizes the Bible in 382; Britain conquers Jerusalem; Alcoholics Anonymous; Nazi Germany does FDR a favor and declares war on the U.S.; Christmas Music . . . And more . . .
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The Pinterest and Plantation Wedding kerfuffle shows how the Left preys on American’s ignorance to destroy both the beauty and the lessons of history. Immediately after Thanksgiving, I headed to Charleston with my Little Bookworm, who had asked to see a true Southern city. She originally suggested Nashville, but I’m
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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.
Continue readingA look at some of the history, holidays & observances on November 16 Holidays and Observances on November 16 Celebration of an icon of the Catholic Church in Lithuania, a near 400 year old artwork, Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, canonically crowned by the Church in 1927 as
Continue readingSocialism should be in the dust-bin of history. Instead, it is embraced by Democrats, many of whom have no understanding of it’s reality. The history of the world, since 1792, has been a competition to see which will win out — the Enlightenment ideals of the American Revolution, or the
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America’s current ideological civil war replays two core ideas from the late 18th century: America’s Enlightenment liberty vs. France’s socialist tyranny. I am sure most readers of this blog are aware of the incident that occurred several weeks ago at Claremont MacKenna college, when progressive students — aided and abetted
Continue readingI contemplated putting this video on my “real me” Facebook page, along with a question: “Do you think Heather MacDonald is right or wrong?” I decided not to because I realized that only those who already agree with its premise would watch. The rest of my supposedly educated Progressive friends
Continue readingSometimes, to their creator’s dismay, ideas take on a life of their own. In the wake of Comedy Central’s decision to censor a South Park episode that didn’t actually draw Mohamed, but merely suggested the possibility of doing so, Molly Norris came up with the idea of “everybody draw Mohamed
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