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June 23, 2006 11:03 PM EDT --                 I'd like to introduce you to Captain Nichola Goddard. Captain Goddard was 26 years old on May 2, 2006. She was well loved by family . . . more
2008 Candidates on the Issues
by Joe W.
views: 25 | rating: 10 | comments: 8
January 03, 2008 12:55 PM EST -- Since the presidential beauty contest kicks into full swing today with the Iowa Caucuses, I offer this comparison of the presidential candidates' views on the major issues (see the accompaning jpg . . . more
December 05, 2007 12:52 PM EST -- There is much misunderstanding in our modern culture about the term, "separation of church and state." Rather than using it as it was originally intended, it has been twisted around to mean . . . more
November 10, 2008 05:55 PM EST -- Dear President-elect Obama,   Congratulations on your historic landmark victory. I wanted to take a moment, after collecting my thoughts, to send this to you. I assume you are still rightly . . . more
December 28, 2007 12:44 PM EST -- Eleanor vs. Ike by Robin Gerber It is a time of turmoil, with the nation mired in an unpopular war in Korea and with Senator Joseph McCarthy stirring up fear of a lurking Communist "menace." . . . more
October 02, 2006 05:56 PM EDT -- This Day in History -- 1836: Charles Darwin's return to England Naturalist Charles Darwin  returned to England this day in 1836 after a five-year journey on the HMS Beagle, on which he gathered . . . more
June 17, 2007 06:17 PM EDT -- This is a vexing question to me, perhaps because of the enormous hostility a sizable number of Americans seem to have about immigrants (again) despite the *fact* that everyone in the Western hemisphere . . . more
Cake
by David S.
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September 29, 2008 12:18 AM EDT -- Cake     Marie scrutinizes the small granules in her hand. There are only a few, dear Reader, and she can easily see their crystalline facets, whiter than her pale palms. With an . . . more
December 29, 2006 01:59 PM EST -- Gather members are generally positive on the impact President Gerald Ford had on history. OVer half (55%) feel his contributions were positive, and just under 40% feel that he had a neutral impact on history. . . . more
July 26, 2006 01:09 AM EDT -- "Kristallnacht was the prelude to the destruction of a whole people, and an indication of what happens when a society falls victim to its baser instincts." Sir Martin Gilbert On November 9, . . . more
November 19, 2007 06:51 PM EST --   HOT TOPICS: Monday , November 19, 2007         halo my friends, I am in Costa Rica and  my connection is only for a few minutes so this . . . more
Lest we forget
by Alexis N.
views: 32 | rating: 10 | comments: 13
December 11, 2007 08:48 PM EST -- We must never forget and it should not have been taken out of the text books regardless of whom ever it offended. REMEMBER THIS WE ALL LIVED DURING THIS HISTORY. We can't . . . more
December 08, 2006 04:09 PM EST --  This is the first in a series of articles about the riots in 1968 Baltimore and Gov. Spiro T. Agnew's response. Around 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, 1968, a black teenager tossed a brick through . . . more
History: Our Mirror
by Sean Paul Kelley
views: 17 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
September 17, 2006 11:07 PM EDT -- Some of you might be wondering why I posted a Robert Graves poem, "The Persian Version," without comment. I was hoping someone might make the connection, but then again, it's not like Graves . . . more
June 20, 2006 04:45 PM EDT -- An interesting string of comments has followed Sean-Paul Kelley's article, "Why Reading History Books Is So Important". The discussion winds its way from the current state of Afghanistan . . . more
June 06, 2007 03:38 PM EDT -- Subject: Muqtada al-Sadr, Threats and Possibilities ... Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:31:36 -0800      The day before yesterday, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi army to fight America's . . . more
"The Naked Ones"
by Sean Paul Kelley
views: 23 | rating: 10 | comments: 8
July 21, 2006 09:54 PM EDT -- In August of 812 AD the 6th Abbasid Caliph Amin, son of Harun al-Rashid, found himself trapped inside Baghdad, abandoned by his court and besieged by his brother, the soon-to-be-Caliph, Ma'mun. Amin . . . more
August 21, 2006 03:37 AM EDT --   When I lived in the area, this was one of the first places I visited. It's beautiful. The area, George Washinton's plantation & home. Visiting gives you a whole new perspective on . . . more
May 23, 2007 10:39 PM EDT -- If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com , you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out . . . more
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