We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
MoreEditor’s Note: The following is excerpted from Plutarch’s Life of Caesar (Dryden’s translation as revised by A. H. Clough, published 1905). After Sylla became master of Rome, he wished to make Caesar
MoreWe have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
MoreEditor’s Note: This week, rather than a traditional sermon, we are presenting an early Christian Witness (St. John of Damascus, who died in 749 AD) who gave his thoughts on the rise
MoreJames II was deposed in 1688 in favor of the Dutch William of Orange (James, p. 52). This solidified an Anglo-Dutch confederacy that France viewed as a threat. With Dutch and English
MoreThere are lot of books that have shaped the West, for better or ill. The Ancient Greeks unknowingly laid a foundation that we still are using today. You can’t toss a lyre
MoreEditor’s Note: Here we look at one of the early English settlers in America. He was famous enough to warrant mention in the historical records, and you can read more about him
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