The Lee County, Florida chapter of the NAACP has decided to wage a crusade against a Robert E. Lee portrait that hangs in the commission chambers. Lee County NAACP president James Muwakkil said the portrait of the Confederate general is
Historian Diana West’s new book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character has caused a stir, and countered many shibboleths on the left and the right. West’s book details the deep roots of communist infiltration that ran through
A debate going back over half a century continued over atomic weapon usage, as conservative columnists Michael Barone and Timothy P. Carney wrote competing columns in the wake of the Hiroshima bombing’s 68th anniversary. Carney opposed the atomic weapon usage,
Diana West’s provocative new book, American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character, has been making waves on both the right and the left for bombshell claims of Communist infiltration of the United States government in the twentieth century.
The left has been waging a decades-long smear campaign against conservatives, painting them as bigots who have been on the wrong side of history on every issue, including America’s greatest sin – slavery. Vice President Joe Biden even went as
In Virginia’s first gubernatorial debate, Republican Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Virginians, at a minimum, have a right to demand that candidates running for governor should have some record of commitment to the state before they decide to run. As documented
President Barack Obama will be making a major speech on the economy at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, a site with deep historical significance. Knox College was the location of the fifth of seven debates between Democrat Stephen A. Douglas,
The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg is finishing off with a bang as there will be a live 90-minute broadcast of Pickett’s Charge at www.gettysburgbattlecast.com Sunday, July 7. Subscribers to the battlecast will be able to watch as
Though the War of Rebellion would linger for several more years, the end result of the Battle of Gettysburg would seal the fate of both the Union and the Confederacy. Over the course of the three day fight there had
On the final day of the Gettysburg 150th Anniversary, July 3, thousands of average American citizens lined up to recreate “Pickett’s Charge” from both the Union and Confederate sides of the line. Stephen K. Bannon, host of the Breitbart News
Historian Allen Guelzo, author of the New York Times bestselling book Gettysburg: The Last Invasion, rhetorically asked, “Where is the president? Where is the vice president? They aren’t here,” in an interview with Stephen K. Bannon on the Breitbart News live broadcast of
There were many pivotal moments in the most pivotal battle of the Civil War; almost every inch of soil on the Gettysburg battlefield has a story to tell. However, of all the incredible moments of that three day conflict, few
In recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Americans would do well to remember Abraham Lincoln’s words in the Gettysburg Address to honor the sacrifice of the men who fought there. The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment made
The City of San Jose filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball (MLB) on June 18, attempting to invalidate the San Francisco Giants’s territorial rights in order to bring the Oakland Athletics across the Bay. San Jose has claimed that
It has been 23 years since Ken Burns released his Magnus Opus documentary on the Civil War, but it left a lasting impression on how Americans view that war. No single individual in the series made more of an impact
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has concocted an unusual way to fund the Affordable Care Act, and now some Republican lawmakers are calling her efforts illegal. According to a report in the Washington Post, over the past three
In Tuesday night’s match-up between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Oakland Athletics, both teams seemed to be playing to lose, as Oakland eventually pulled out a 9-5 victory. Both starting pitchers, Jarrod Parker for the A’s and
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim may have to club their way to victory in the next month as their ace and perennial Cy Young contender, Jared Weaver, has hit the 15-day DL with a non-throwing arm elbow fracture. Weaver,
Few division champions can remain under the radar, but the 2013 Oakland Athletics currently sit in the shadow of their division rivals, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Texas Rangers Although the national media might be entranced by the
It is still shocking that the 91-71 Texas Rangers were left out of the playoffs last year. After nearly a season of dominance in which they looked like the best team in baseball, they succumbed to a red hot Oakland
The 2013 Seattle Mariners are built very differently from the dominant Mariner teams in the early 2000’s, which consistently boasted strong pitching and top-tier defense. That team composition was well suited to the pitching friendly Safeco Field, but this year
In 2013 the Houston Astros will find themselves in a new division, a new league, with a new manager–former Nationals third base coach Bo Porter–and will don new uniforms. The changes and spiffy new uniforms will have little effect on
