Where Have the Good Times Gone?
“Are the good times really over for good?” asked Merle Haggard in his 1982 lament. Then, the good times weren’t over. In fact, they were coming back, with the Reagan recovery, the renewal of the American spirit and the end of a Cold War that had consumed so much of...
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MISSISSIPPI: Two KKK Members Charged With Gun Possession on Ole Miss Campus OXFORD, Miss. – Two Ku Klux Klan members face federal weapons charges after police say they had guns in a truck parked at the University of Mississippi. University police Thursday arrested...
Hillary Won, America Lost
The narrative following Hillary’s testimony at Congress’ recent Benghazi hearing is clear: Hillary won. She (for the most part) calmly answered all the questions. She nodded approvingly when the Democrats on the committee accused Republicans of engaging in...
Civil War: The First Photoshop Job?
His military genius was a decisive factor in the Union Army winning the Civil War. So you might think this photograph showing General Ulysses S. Grant sitting astride a horse in front of a group of Confederate soldiers captured after a battle is the genuine article....
Berkeley to Erase Confederate Name?
A UC Berkeley physics building and a local elementary school both share a controversial namesake: LeConte. The LeConte brothers were influential professors at UC Berkeley during the 1860s, and the younger brother John LeConte went on to become the campus’s president...Obiter Dicta
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: New S.C. license plate honors Revolutionary War history COLUMBIA – Beginning Jan. 1, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will issue a newly designed standard license plate that Read More