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September 2011

September 12, 2011

The would-be kamikaze of 9/11

The passengers on Flight 93 rose up against the hijackers, who crashed the plane in...

September 09, 2011

The 9/11 attacks ten years later

Sunday is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. So we need to observe the...

September 06, 2011

When names become adjectives

Some people have made such a contribution in one way or the other that their...

September 01, 2011

Christianity & Science

In an article on "Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science," Hillel Ofek describes...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

The King James Bible at 400

My long-time friend Leland Ryken has an excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal on...

August 30, 2011

Mass murder, while remaining “decent”

Guy Walters discusses the Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Brevik and argues that he is not necessarily...

August 12, 2011

The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall

Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, which divided the...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

The tomb of one of the Disciples?

Archeologists may have discovered the tomb of one of Christ's Twelve Disciples. Tradition says that...

July 25, 2011

A Civil War soldier’s letter to his wife

I am going to make you cry. To mark the 150th Anniversary of the Battle...

July 21, 2011

The 19th Century Depression

Canadian historian Francois Furstenberg reminds us of the economic depression that America had to struggle...

July 13, 2011

Digging up the Philistines

Archaeologists have been excavating the city of Gath and learning details about the Israelite's arch-enemy...

July 11, 2011

The history of classical Christian education

I am very excited about the publication of Thomas Korcok's Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to...

July 08, 2011

Where is the John Adams memorial?

Alexander Heffner in the Washington Post raises something that I have long called for: When...

July 07, 2011

The end of the Hapsburg dynasty

The line that gave us most of the Holy Roman Emperors--including Charles V, before whom...

July 01, 2011

Reagan veneration in Eastern Europe

In the context of a rather snarky column on congressional junkets, we learn that the...

June 2011

June 21, 2011

Public vs. Private tourist spots

My wife had a meeting in Lynchburg, Virginia, last week, so I tagged along. While...

May 2011

May 26, 2011

Athenians vs. Visigoths

Thanks to Joe Carter for posting this commencement address (which he never gave) by the...

May 24, 2011

Obama wants Israel to go back to 1967 borders

President Obama's peace plan for the Middle East calls for Israel to go back to...

May 19, 2011

Color photos of the Depression

Go here for a treasure trove of rare color photos of Depression-era America: Rare Library...

May 13, 2011

Reactionary liberalism

Today's liberals, George Will argues, are strangely oblivious to history and resistant to change. After...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

Birther certificate

President Obama has released his birth certificate, showing that he was, in fact, born in...

April 27, 2011

The Royal Wedding

The future king of England, Prince William, is getting married to the future queen, presently...

April 21, 2011

Preserving the Union

In a review of Robert Redford's new movie The Conspirator, about the plot to kill...

April 12, 2011

Evangelicalism and Pietism

The noted Christian historian Mark Noll says that a revolution has taken place in our...

April 12, 2011

Today the Civil War started 150 years ago

Today, April 12, is the 150th anniversary of the fall of Ft. Sumter, which officially...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

The Christian equivalent of the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Archaeologists have discovered some 70 little books with lead pages that may be...

March 15, 2011

Beware the Ides of March

For the Romans, the 15th (or sometimes the 13th) of every month was called the...

March 09, 2011

The oldest church in the world

Lent is a good time for contemporary Christians to contemplate their solidarity with the Church...

March 04, 2011

The last dough-boy

The last American veteran of World War I died at the age of 110. Frank...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

The Czar and the President as liberators

Russia is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the emancipation of the serfs by Czar Alexander...