Dr. Martin Luther King Day

This weekend I finished the Hillsdale College free online course titled, “Civil Rights in American History.” I didn’t plan the completion to coincide with the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but that is how it fell out. I really enjoyed the course. In...

1801 – The Barbary Wars Begin

On August 1, 1801 Lieutenant Andrew Sterrett, in command of the U.S. Navy frigate Enterprise, defeated the corsair Tripoli in an engagement off the North African coast. In the engagement, the Tripoli lost sixty out of eighty crew members, while the Enterprise...
A Republic, If You Can Keep It

A Republic, If You Can Keep It

In medieval times every castle had a Keep. The Keep was where the most valued articles were maintained. Not just the gold, jewels and silver, but the documents and charters that described the character of the kingdom and its history. It was a place highly fortified...
THE PRESERVATION OF LIBERTY IS UP TO US!

THE PRESERVATION OF LIBERTY IS UP TO US!

“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”~ Abraham Lincoln That quote from Lincoln was a warning for future generations. He was saying how can we expect to keep a government of, by and for the people when...