Disinformation, Inc. vs. The Founding Fathers
How many people believe, really believe, in freedom of speech? Or, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, not just “free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate”? The answer is not as many as I supposed before reading...
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ALABAMA: Courthouse Resolution Sparks Debate Abouut Confederate Monuments Earlier this month the American Bar Association urged state and local governments to remove Confederate memorabilia and other symbols from courthouses. It’s being met with skepticism in deeply...
Live Civil War Artillery Shell Found at Gettysburg
The Civil War nearly claimed another casualty after an archaeologist discovered a live artillery round buried under a foot of dirt at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. Park employees shut down roads and cleared the area around the 7-inch-tall shell,...
What Are Judeo-Christian Values?
The term “Judeo-Christian values” is frequently used. I am one who uses it. I do so for the same reason the late great British prime minister Margaret Thatcher did: “The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition,” she said, “are infinitely...Obiter Dicta
Stephen Colbert was right to be mad. His bosses at CBS put the kabosh on an interview he wanted to Read More
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TEXAS: Texas A&M researchers preserving historic cannon from the Alamo COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Researchers at Texas A&M University are preserving a piece of Texas history. According to the university, Read More