Remembering Geoffrey Chaucer
This October 25 marks the 609th anniversary of the death of Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the most famous writers in the history of...
History
Popular Presidents
In 1909, in the great state of Illinois, school teachers one February day were...
Mussolini Worked for British Intelligence
Reuters reported on October 14 that Benito Mussolini had been in the pay of...
The Oldest Constitutional Republic
The Constitution of San Marino was adopted on October 8, 1600, making the tiny...
Declining Population Accompanied Rome’s Rise to Empire
Following in the wake of the news of the discovery of Nero’s extravagant banquet...
Battle of Lepanto: Armada of the Cross
Autumn had come to the Mediterranean, and more than a hint of the blustery...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Premier Polish Patriot
British General John Burgoyne must have been bitterly disappointed one day in July 1777...
Nero’s Banquet Hall Unearthed in Rome
In a style worthy of the name of the man who “fiddled while Rome...
A Brief History of Government Immunizations
As the start of the federal government’s most ambitious vaccination program approaches, it is...
Teutoburg Forest: The Battle That Saved the West
September, 9 A.D., Kalkriese Hill, northern Germany: the Germanic warriors waited in grim silence....
Fatima and the Turbulence of Our Times
May 1917 was a time of troubles. In France the titanic Battle of Arras...
Resurrecting the Black Regiment
Most Americans today would probably still recognize the stirring words from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s...
Unresolved Questions Surround KAL 007
In the midst of public outcry over the decision by Scottish authorities to free...
Sousa’s March of Greatness
Arielle Levin Becker of the Washington Post wrote about John Philip Sousa’s professional stature...
China Betrayed Into Communism
Although the mass media present China today as “progressive,” especially after the 2008 Olympics...
Ordinary Patriots, Extraordinary Sacrifices
George Washington, Nathan Hale, Thomas Paine, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry: heroes whose names will...
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
A premonition of death hovered over the medieval section of Warsaw. Surrounded by a...
How the New York Times Helped Tyrants
The New York Times may have a reputation as America’s premiere newspaper, but it...