December 7, 1941. That was the date Japanese air forces launched a surprise bombing on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The very next day, the United States declared war on Japan. Eighty years after the attack, America… Read More
A new study shows that the city of Tall el-Hammam, in the Jordan Valley, was destroyed by a cosmic event 3,600 years ago. The timing and description of the event match the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible…. Read More
After 20 years at war, the United States has pulled out of Afghanistan – but what exactly is the background of this Central Asian country? Afghanistan is a nation, but its people are made up of many tribes. Warlords and… Read More
The history of Cuba has included many foreign actors. In 1492, Christopher Columbus became the first European to step foot in Cuba. He claimed the island for Spain, even though a native population already lived there, called the TaĂno. Spain… Read More
In the 1300s, the Italian scholar Petrarch came up with the term “dark ages” to describe European society between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Renaissance. He was comparing the “dark” centuries of society in… Read More
Fukushima’s Ten-Year Mark The Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 was the worst in 30 years. After a 9.1 magnitude undersea earthquake caused a tsunami, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan, experienced a failure of the emergency generators. This caused… Read More
Inauguration Day is the time set to swear in and welcome the new president and vice president of the United States. It is the day a new president officially takes control of the White House. Although the presidential election takes… Read More
The Liberty Bell is one of America’s iconic symbols of liberty. Commission of the bell was ordered by the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1751 to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of William Penn’s Charter of Privileges. The inscription is from Leviticus 25:10… Read More
From the earliest civilizations, people have taken others as slaves. Most people in the Western world today agree that slavery is a crime against humanity. Not everyone throughout history has seen it this way, though, and it was a part… Read More
What does the rise of the Persian Empire 2000 years ago have to do with fake news? In fact, the crowning of Darius the Great may be history’s first example of a fake news campaign. When the first ruler of… Read More
As the radical left tries to remove American history piece by piece by taking down statues, those who care about logic and reason find themselves seeking a voice in the current madness. so far, this more or less silent group… Read More
