Category: History

February 4, 2013

Nullification Deniers! This Is What James Madison Really Said

This is The Age of Ignorance. Our “intellectuals” can’t think. Our “scholars” parrot each other. The self-educated fixate on idiotic theories. Our People despise Truth and disseminate lies.

Nullification deniers such as Matthew Spalding of Heritage Foundation, Jarrett …

January 31, 2013

The End of the Reagan Era?

Filed under: American Society & Heritage,History - 31 Jan 2013

With Barack Obama’s second inauguration, liberals are touting an altogether new epoch: the end of the Reagan era.

Unfortunately, I believe they are largely correct. We are witnessing a period of left-wing ascendance, marked by gay marriage, forced taxpayer funding …

January 23, 2013

Yorktown: Did they Fight for Freedom or for Nothing.

Filed under: History - 23 Jan 2013

Victory at Yorktown is another great book written by Gingrich and Forstchen. Keep in mind this book is considered a novel, but is based on facts that shaped American History.

January 22, 2013

The Battle of Cowpens

Filed under: History - 22 Jan 2013

January 17th 2013, will mark the 232nd anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens. On that day the British Army, led by LtCol Banastre Tarleton, was dealt an unequivocal defeat by BGen Daniel Morgan and the American Revolutionary forces under his …

“So Help Me God”—The Second Inaugural of Barack Obama

Filed under: History,Religion & Faith - 22 Jan 2013

On Monday the United States will celebrate one of its great festivals of civil religion as Barack Obama is inaugurated for a second time. Although nothing in the Constitution mandates it (the only things the Constitution specifies are the date …

January 18, 2013

When I Was A Kid: Reflections Of A 50-Year-Old American

Filed under: History - 18 Jan 2013

When I was a kid…

If you mouthed off to an adult – even a teacher in school – you’d more than likely get the taste slapped out of your mouth, and anybody who saw you get smacked would assume you …

Gun Control, the Dick Act of 1902, Bills of Attainder & Ex Post Facto Laws

The latest round of rubbish flooding our in boxes is an ignorant rant claiming that the Dick Act of 1902 (which respects our Right to be armed) can’t be repealed because to do so would “violate bills of attainder and …

January 15, 2013

It Can’t happen Here

Filed under: American Government,History - 15 Jan 2013

Revolutions happened in other countries. The USSR, their satellite countries in Eastern Europe and Asia, African countries, and of course those banana republics somewhere down south, but one thing is for sure, it can’t happen here. Following in …

January 13, 2013

Lincoln vs Obama’s Born-Again America

Filed under: History,Politically Incorrect Reality - 13 Jan 2013

In his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln acknowledged that America was “conceived in Liberty.” Lincoln could never imagine voters supporting a president aborting Liberty to rebirth America conceived in Government. Obamacare is the equivalent of America born-again conceived in government.

In …

January 9, 2013

Slouching From Gomorrah: Remembering Robert Bork

Filed under: Courts, The Law & The Judiciary,History - 09 Jan 2013

It has been a couple of weeks since the death of Robert Bork, which occurred shortly before Christmas and didn’t really get the news coverage that Bork merited.

Empires Rise and Empires Fall

Filed under: History - 09 Jan 2013

Most of us, even those of us who are the products of America’s collapsed public education system have heard of the fall of Rome. The greatest of ancient western empires began to fall as soon as the vigorous Republic …

January 7, 2013

A Nostalgic New Year’s Look at the ’50s

Filed under: American Society & Heritage,History - 07 Jan 2013

New Year’s observances blend recollections of the past, celebrations in the present, and anticipation of the future. For a variety of reasons, I’m feeling nostalgic this year. I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the decade of my childhood—the …

January 2, 2013

Can we prevent more mass murder in America?

In the wake of yet another slaughter of innocent victims – this time the most innocent of victims – many Americans are more galvanized than ever behind efforts for stricter gun controls. The response was predictable and understandable. …

January 1, 2013

Merry Christmas and a Happy New America

Filed under: History - 01 Jan 2013

In December of 1914 in the first bitter winter of a long bitter war the solders of the German Empire and the soldiers of the British Empire defied the orders of their officers. They abandoned their hastily dug entrenchments …

2012 The Year of Enlightenment

Filed under: History,Politics In General - 01 Jan 2013

2012 may go down in history as a great year of Enlightenment. The American people saw a new beginning. It was the first time that a president was re-elected and no one really liked the president or his policies. No …

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