It is the 1640s in Dorset, along England’s southern coast. All around, in a war over religion, freedom and power, Cavaliers and Roundheads are clashing in deadly battles that will not cease for almost a decade. The owner of one small cottage, fearful that such wealth as he owned may be taken by one army […]
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden regaled the nation with another family tale, this time insisting that his uncle Ambrose Finnegan — whom he called “Uncle Bosie” — may have been eaten by cannibals. It is a fact that Finnegan disappeared in New Guinea after his plane went down during World War II. Military records state […]
The Anti-Defamation League released a jarring report on Thursday regarding the reign of anti-Semitism on college campuses. The “Campus Antisemitism Report Card” graded anti-Semitic incidents, Jewish life, university policies and procedures and how well college administrations handle anti-Semitism on campus. Needless to say, the results reveal just how poorly the majority of colleges are handling […]
As the crowd gathered at Fulton County Stadium 50 years ago tonight, the fans anticipated that history would take place. For one night, Atlanta was the center of the baseball universe, and Atlanta Braves star Henry “Hank” Aaron didn’t disappoint. The media anticipated the night’s excitement, too. NBC covered […]
The world’s oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation — and fish and chips every Friday. Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, has been confirmed as the new holder of the men’s title by Guinness World Records. The confirmation follows the death of record-holder Juan Vicente Pérez of Venezuela this month […]
April 5 is the birthday of the late, great Booker T. Washington, a man who overcame slavery and racism to be one of the foremost educators and thinkers of his time. Unlike radical socialist WEB DuBois, Booker T. Washington believed black Americans could best prosper through personal responsibility and […]
The places where they were raised and to which they traveled formed the Founding Fathers’ geographic orientation, which influenced their view of the nation and what the country could become, according to Michael Barone. While George Washington had “a map that goes north by northwest,” Thomas Jefferson “saw the country from [the] perspective of the […]
It all seemed so simple, how to split up the United States after our Great National Divorce — until they got to the state where I was born and raised, Missouri. The discussion got going, as it so often does now, with a simple Reddit thread that quickly blew up so big that even […]
Hallelujah, so-called Women’s History Month is almost over, and we’ll soon get a break from having woke feminist pieties shoved in our faces. By now, we’ve all had our fill of encomiums to pampered mediocrities like Kamala Harris, Sonia Sotomayor, and other first this-that-or-the-other-things. As Women’s History Month draws to a close, let me […]
Imagine wandering around with your friends at a church and stumbling upon a set of 800-year-old coins. That is exactly the situation Jan Gunnar Fugelsnes found himself in when, in 1964, he and his friends found a set of coins in the floorboards on the Edøy Church in Norway, Fox News reported. It was only […]
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