Whose Heritage and Whose Land?
Last week in Philadelphia I stopped by to revisit Independence Hall, the cradle of our republic where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the United States Constitution…
Category: U.S. History
Americans Are Suspicious of Government
Ordinarily I don’t pay much attention to public opinion polls, but a recent one deserves comment. A Scripps Howard News Service/Ohio University national survey discovered that the majority…
The United Nations — An Enemy in Our Midst — November 1995
The United Nations — An Enemy in Our Midst The 50th Anniversary of the United Nations should be a cause for mourning not celebration. It is a…
Controversial History Standards Fight Back
Don’t think that we can all forget about the controversial National Standards for United States History just because the U.S. Senate voted 99 to I to repudiate them.…
How the Liberals Are Rewriting History — March 1995
How the Liberals Are Rewriting History Don’t assume that we can all forget about the controversial National Standards for United States History just because the U.S. Senate…
Character is the Crucial Issue
One byproduct of the sexual revolution starting in the 1960s is the change in the writing of biography. In earlier eras, it was considered ungentlemanly to reveal the…
TWO SPEECHES IN CONTRAST
Burly Boris Yeltsin bowled them over in Washington when he addressed Congress. And no wonder. A master politician, he had studied his American audience, and he talked our…
George Washington’s Birthday
I won’t be among those celebrating “Presidents’ Day” this month. So many of our Presidents don’t deserve to be honored with a holiday. The official switch from the…
Old Illusions and New Exposes
Both left-wingers and right-wingers are upset about Oliver Stone’s movie “JFK” because, being a well-crafted visual, it tends to make people believe a false explanation of the assassination…
THE SEARCH FOR STABILITY VERSUS LIBERTY
A rumor is circulating in Washington, D.C. that, on one of the upper floors in the State Department, there is a room called the Shrine, and that every…