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Ancient Inventors
Date: Mar 9, 2009
Evolutionists try to parlay the belief that ancient man was intellectually inferior to modern-man. The theory does not fit the facts. While there are numerous theories on how structures like the pyramids were built, no one has been able to ...
Washington's Spymaster
Date: Feb 19, 2009
The role of espionage was crucial during the War for Independence. Spying was made even more irresistible with both sides speaking the same language. When spy Nathan Hale was captured and hung by the British, George Washington was highly motivated ...
People Who Can Do Things
Date: Feb 17, 2009
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), along with his son Edward, struggled with a defiant calf that would not return to the barn. Edward pulled on the calf’s ears while his father pushed from behind. Their efforts were in vain. The calf ...
An Indian Fighter's Destiny
Date: Feb 10, 2009
In today’s publicity-seeking world, George Armstrong Custer would have felt right at home. Much of his reputation was formed by the media. Correspondents, who joined Custer on his military campaigns, helped establish his reputation with ...
Rome Comes to Washington
Date: Feb 5, 2009
Buildings in Washington D.C., with their columns and facades, are reminiscent of Classical architecture. In addition, some American political writers called themselves by Latin names like Cato and Publius. The authors of The Federalist, a ...
The Moon-Landing Hoax
Date: Feb 4, 2009
The Central and Union Pacific Railroads joined their construction efforts on May 10, 1869 in Promontory, Utah, with the ceremonial driving of the Golden Spike into the track that joined East and West. One hundred years later, on July 20, 1969, two ...
Get Out the Vote
Date: Jan 29, 2009
During the 1600s in colonial America, Massachusetts required property ownership in order to vote. A potential voter also had to prove that he was “sober and peaceable†and “orthodox in the fundamentals of religion.†...
King of the Wild Frontier
Date: Jan 25, 2009
A number of celebrities and lesser knowns threatened (promised?) to leave the United States if George W. Bush was reelected president in 2004. But before Bush, there was Martin Van Buren, and before today’s political malcontents, there was ...
Terrible Vikings
Date: Jan 23, 2009
The Vikings attacked and plundered because of envy—they wanted what their victims had. They believed that they did not have as much as others because their gods were not as powerful. This envy led to the introduction of Christianity into the ...
Pirate of the Carolinas
Date: Jan 16, 2009
Edward Teach, known as “Blackbeard†the pirate, prowled the waters off the southeastern coast of the American colonies in the early 1700s. He was a menacing figure with long, dark hair twisted into pigtails and a beard that covered his ...
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