There is a general assumption among pro-life advocates that abortion is a relatively new phenomenon in American life. Abortion advocates conversely present an argument that abortion as always been a necessary reality. Historical balance shows that abortion has been around ...
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Thanksgiving: A Uniquely American Tradition
The uniquely American tradition of observing a special day of Thanksgiving to God dates to long before the colonies became a nation. Though it did not become an official holiday until 1863 at the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, Thanksgiving existed ...
Read More »American Education and the Bible
The founders of our nation took the words of Proverbs 1:7 seriously: “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” Most of them understood this truth and stressed what they saw as obvious relationships between Biblical absolutes, a ...
Read More »A Weapon to End War or Start One?
With tensions rising in the Middle East over the possibility of Iran pursuing a nuclear option and the fading memory of the Cold War, it would do us all well to recall how and why the only two nuclear bombs ...
Read More »Crispus Attucks: Revolutionary Hero Before the War Even Began
Six years before the Declaration of Independence officially documented the beginning of the American Revolution, the city of Boston had already had enough of the presence of British troops. On the evening of March 5, 1770 a crowd of people ...
Read More »The Myth of the Myth of America’s Foundations
In a recent article in the Huffington Post, Kenneth C. Davis seeks to set the record straight about the Judeo/Christian foundations of the Unites States of America. A word of caution before proceeding: HuffPo isn’t exactly a bastion of unbiased ...
Read More »A Brief History of Taxes in America
In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ Taxes are not unique to any nation or era. They are now, and have always been, one of the few things that ...
Read More »Gun Control: Its Roots In American History
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States When reading the Constitution, ...
Read More »The Pagan Obsession With Destroying Our Past
The introduction of our Ford’s first T-Model …. Chosen as the opening date of the new era. All crosses had their tops cut and became T’s. —Aldous Huxley, Brave New World To begin with, he did not know with any ...
Read More »Atheists And The Dark Secrets of Egyptian History
It is a patent fact… that the chronological element in early Egyptian history is in a state of almost hopeless obscurity. —George Rawlinson, A History of Egypt (1886) The Devastation of Egypt The Exodus destroyed Egypt. Its cattle and crops ...
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