Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Holidays & Observances: Feast of Anthony the Great Major Events: The Battle of Cowpens Notable Events: Menorca, St. Marcellus’ flood, Avignon Popes, Huguenots, Mahdist War, Monte Cassino, Raoul Wallenberg, Palomares Incident, Born: Antonio del Pollaiolo, Benjamin Franklin, Anne Brontë, Al Capone, Betty White, James Earl Jones, Muhammad Ali, Died: Theodosius
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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
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A college student’s essay about ethnic food in America is a depressing window into the fact that American colleges don’t educate, they “un-educate.” Several hours ago, I sat down to write a post about religion and culture. I got as far as picking a title for my post when I
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Wolf Howling sent me a very beautiful passage from the diary of a French Huguenot who arrived in South Carolina in the 1680s. Here’s the quotation, bracketed with some history to explain the context in which it arose. All of it comes from The History of South Carolina Under the Proprietary Government
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