Devil’s Broom: The Fire That Inspired a National Network of Lookout Towers
"...The Great Fire of 1910 is believed to be the largest fire in US history, earning it nicknames including the “Big Burn,” the “Big Blowup” and the “Devil’s Broom Fire.” It swept through millions of...
View Article82 Years Ago--Last Public Hanging in U.S.
The last public hanging in the US occurred on August 14, 1936 in Owensboro, KY and was carried out by a woman sheriff, a drunken hangman, and a hired hanging consultant. It was the first time a woman...
View ArticleUS Deports Former Nazi Death Camp Guard, 95, to Germany
BERLIN — The last Nazi war crimes suspect facing deportation from the U.S. was taken from his New York City home and spirited early Tuesday morning to Germany, following years of efforts to remove him...
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Sherman's march to the Sea
In 1864 General Sherman made his famous March to the Sea. During this offensive advance: " Sherman's March to the Sea "Sherman had terrorized the countryside; his men had destroyed all sources of food...
View ArticleTwitter: Folllow @AriFleischer for "Live" Tweets of his 911 Experience
Tweet from @AriFleischer: As I do every year, tomorrow I will live-tweet my memories of what happened seventeen years ago, on September 11, 2001. I hope everyone will remember and say a prayer for...
View ArticleRehnquist-O'Connor Marriage Proposal Revealed
Law clerk William Rehnquist wrote from Washington D.C., "Sandy, will you marry me this summer?" But Sandra Day had already moved on to another Stanford Law School classmate, John Jay O'Connor: NPR...
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The 11th hour, the 11th day, the 11th month
The First World war ended at 11-00am on November 11th, 1918, 100 years ago on Sunday. Nov 11th is Remembrance day in Britain every year, but Sunday will be particularly poignant. Many more British...
View ArticleThe Myth of the Pagan Origins of Christmas
It’s generally accepted that early Christians adopted December 25th as the day of Christ’s birth to co-opt the pagan celebration of the winter solstice. Some believe this fact undermines Christianity....
View ArticleNuremberg laws fashioned after Democrat Party Jim Crow Laws
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View ArticleWhite liberals "trickery"
"The worst enemy that the Negro have is this white man that runs around here drooling at the mouth professing to love Negros and calling himself a liberal, and it is following these white liberals that...
View ArticleTate-Labianca Murders Of August 1969
The Tate-Labianca murders of August 1969 in California is an interesting event in Criminal Justice history.
View ArticleCulling the Herds
Culling the Herds during the 1930s Depression During the early years of the Depression, livestock prices dropped disastrously. Officials with the New Deal believed prices were down because farmers were...
View ArticleGod's hand in WW2 and later wars
The hand of God is very evident in WW2. It was first applied at Dunkirk. To this day, we don't know exactly who stopped the nazis from taking that port & thus forcing the BEF to surrender. That...
View Article36 Year Anniversary of Reagan's "Evil Empire" Speech
On March 8, 1983 Ronald Reagan gave a speech before the National Association of Evangelicals where he first referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire". At the time I thought Reagan was simply...
View ArticleU.N. Predicts Disaster if Global Warming Not Checked
UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year...
View ArticleSlavery: What They Didn’t Teach in My High School
A man I have known since grade school changed his name, years ago, to an Arabic one. He told me he rejected Christianity as “the white man’s religion that justified slavery.” He argued Africans taken...
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