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Archives for July 2017
Columbus Tricks the Natives
These people practice no kind of idolatry; on the contrary they firmly believe that all strength and power, and in fact all good things, are in
Joseph Bressani’s Ordeal
The perils which beset the missionaries did not spring from the fury of the Iroquois alone, for Nature herself was armed with terror in this stern
Columbus Discovers America
This series has nine easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: He Sails Among the Islands.IntroductionWe can take the year 1492, in
Decisive Spanish Defeat
Today's installment concludes The Cuban Campaign,the name of our combined selection from Andrew S. Draper, Theodore Roosevelt, and Pascual Cervera.
Social Sciences Lurching to the Far Left
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This article Are the Social Sciences Undergoing a Purity Spiral? was published 2
The Seven Great Empires of the Ancient Middle East
by Jack Le MoineSumeria (4500 BC to 2000 BC) also called “Chaldea” are loose terms that describe the Iraq area over successive waves of invasion,
On Patriotism
A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and
Destruction of the Spanish Fleet
In this painful situation, when explosions were heard in the ammunition- rooms, I gave orders to lower the flag and flood all the