The Great Escape of the American Civil War
One by one, the Union soldiers crawled out of the fetid tunnel into Richmond’s dark streets. A rush of fetid air and a chorus of “Fresh fish! Fresh fish!” greeted Colonel Thomas Rose of the 77th Pennsylvania Volunteers when the thick wooden door to the second floor of...
Is Biden Right? Does the Left Own the Future?
Before he appeared at his first solo news conference of 2022, President Joe Biden knew he had a communications problem he had to deal with. Namely, how to get off the defensive. How to avoid spending his time with the White House press corps defending his decisions...
Perilous Times
These are perilous times. They are made worse by the government’s political reaction to lawless behavior, which is a greater threat to personal liberty than the behavior it seeks to punish. Last week, the feds obtained an indictment of 11 members of the Oath...
He reenacted Civil War battles as a Black soldier fighting for freedom. Then he learned about his great-great-grandfather.
Several times a year for almost three decades, D.C. resident Calvin Osborne has suited up in a Civil War uniform to reenact the stories of Black soldiers who fought for the abolition of slavery. Ever since he saw the 1989 movie “Glory,” about one of the Union...Obiter Dicta
The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church Read More
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MARYLAND: Frederick, Maryland, had an active role in Revolutionary War Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told Read More