The people of Nashville hear slave trader Isaac Franklin’s great annual parade of misery long before they see it. The rhythmic thud of 400 trudging feet carries quite a way. Then comes the sound of men singing, “Cut him down,…
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Drought Likely Caused Collapse of Mayan Empire…Could It Happen Here?
A massive underwater sinkhole surrounded by reefs, caves and sharks has provided archaeologists with clues in the mystery of the fall of the Mayan civilization, according to new research. Scientists from Rice University and Louisiana State University found evidence in…
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Reflections on the Five Year Anniversary of The Flood
No doubt you remember where you were, five years ago this weekend, when the water started to rise. Maybe you were moving into your first apartment, and noticed the rain would just not let up as it soaked your belongings….
Read MoreWill America End Like Rome?
Look, I hope you aren’t expecting a six-volume masterpiece…. Davis summarizes the reasons for the fall (actually a slow, grinding, gradual decline) of Rome into four: …by the beginning of the fifth century the Roman Empire had been suffering from…
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Did the Chinese Discover America Before Columbus?
Trade was taking place between East Asia and the New World hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus arrived in the area in 1492. This is according to a series of bronze artefacts found at the ‘Rising Whale’ site in Cape…
Read MoreWho Is the Real Godfather of American Politics?
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the American “Civil War,” more accurately described as the War to Prevent Southern Independence. It is also the 31st anniversary of the movie, The Godfather, Part II. A single scene…
Read MoreNational Beer Day: Some Beer Trivia
Happy National Beer Day! National Beer Day falls on April 7 and commemorates the day that beer was once again allowed to be legally manufactured and sold following a long, dry Prohibition. On March 22, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed…
Read MoreShould Tennesseans Memorialize Southern Traitors?
Should the Polish people memorialize fellow Poles who collaborated with the Soviets? This of course is a preposterous question to ask, yet the “logic” displayed in a recent National Review article suggests that the answer to the question would be…
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