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Einstein's God

Einstein was a scientist but was he a believer? Certainly his religious views bordered on "Deism," the belief in an all powerful and all knowing God who created our universe and established the "laws"...

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10/6/1866 - The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history

"On October 6, 1866, the brothers John and Simeon Reno stage the first train robbery in American history, making off with $13,000 from an Ohio and Mississippi railroad train in Jackson County, Indiana....

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Our Bill of Rights

In September, 1789, Congress approved the first amendments of our Constitution. In December, 1791 these became the first 10 amendments because they were ratified by a sufficient number of states....

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GW's religion

The godless left like to rewrite history, sometimes called revisionist history, to denigrate our Republic, especially its founding on Christian principles. One line of attack has been to proclaim many...

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Implied Powers

George Washington's administration put meat on the bare bones of our Constitution. Some of the framers wanted the Constitution to be strictly construed, what was not specifically stated belonged to the...

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A time to contemplate

60 years ago, as a young man, I was walking on the floor of Dry Dock #1 in the Long Beach Navel Shipyard when I heard over the DE public address system that President Kennedy had been shot. Years...

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The Icy River

On the day George Washington learned that James Monroe had been elected Governor of Virginia, he reacted with dissatisfaction and grew sick, apparently brought on by cold and rainy weather. About 23...

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In ww2, Japan had both intelligence and courage.

Japan had the intelligence to develop the Zero, the best fighter plane in the world, for awhile. They had the intel to develop the Long Lance torpedo, tyhe best torpedo in the world, for awhile,...

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Facism is the Charge

Here is an abridged definition: Fascism ... is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy,...

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