Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Welcome, all, and happy All Saints Day on this date of 1 Nov. On this day: 1755 – Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, suffers a devastating earthquake, largely destroying the city, leveling virtually every major Church on a major Catholic holiday, and killing between 30,000 and 50,000 people. This
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Welcome, all, on this date of 31 Oct. Happy Halloween. On this day: Pre-Christian Ireland — the ancient Celts celebrated a three-day festival of Samhain beginning on this day, marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the darkest part of the year: During the three-day celebration,
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2,236 years ago, at the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal of Carthage annihilated a much larger Roman army with tactics still studied to this day. On 2 August 216 B.C., during the Second Punic War, an army of 50,000 Carthaginians, under the command of Hannibal, met a Roman army of some
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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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Today: Saturnalia, Sol Invictus & the history of Christmas; France recognizes America during the Revolution; Grant, orders the Jews expelled with General Order No. 11, Christmas Music And More . . . December Holidays of Ancient Rome – Saturnalia, Sol Invictus, & Christmas The “bleak midwinter,” that being the time
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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
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A look at some of the history and holidays on December 2 Holidays & Observances on December 2 The Feast of St. Bibiana, a virgin martyr of the early Roman Church. Legend has it that According to this legend, Bibiana was the daughter of a former prefect, Flavianus, who was
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A look at some of the history, observances & holidays on November 24 Holidays & Observances on November 24 The Feast of Flora and Maria, two women of ninth-century Cordoba who were executed by Muslim authorities for their Christian faith. Flora, whose father was Muslim, was thus considered Muslim by
Continue readingRemember, remember, the fifth of November, with gunpowder, treason, and plot. We see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. And today, in honor of the holiday celebrated in a once great nation, I offer you myriad links hinting that, absent brave action, we may find ourselves going down
Continue readingThere’s been a fair amount of talk lately about Brit Hume’s “come to Jesus” suggestion to Tiger: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJKmWdJQc4[/youtube] I don’t have a whole lot to say about that, other than it goes a long way to explaining why Hume left the MSM. Not only could he not say that when
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