April 9, 2008

Millions of people in 91 countries are helped by The Salvation Army, founded by William Booth, who was born APRIL 10, 1829.
William Booth began by ministering to the poor, drunk and outcast. He fought to end teenage prostitution in England.
Awarded an honorary degree from Oxford, Booth traveled the United States, met President Theodore Roosevelt and [...]

by John F. McManus

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS:
After five years of war in Iraq, America’s top commander on the scene and the U.S. Ambassador to the beleaguered nation have no answer about when it will end. More troops have been sent during the past year, but the struggle goes on.
Follow this link to the original source: “Frustrated Senators [...]

The Civil War began on Wilmer McLean’s farm in Manassas Junction, Virginia, with the First Battle of Bull Run. A Union shell exploded in his kitchen.
Wilmer McLean moved to get away from the conflict, yet almost four years later his new home, near Appomattox Court House, Virginia, was the agreed location for General Robert E. [...]

April 8, 2008

Five-Star General Omar Bradley died APRIL 8, 1981.
Born 1893, in a cabin near Clark, Missouri, he was a star player on his high school baseball team.
He worked for Wabash Railroad, until his Sunday School superintendent recommended he apply to West Point.
President Eisenhower said, April 29, 1954:
“I thank General Bradley, my old comrade in arms, my [...]

March 17, 2008

by Maurine Proctor
We are a nation divided against ourselves and our own best interests when it comes to our outlook on sexuality. On the one hand we demand and value loyalty from spouses to each other and their families, yet on the other we drive a hookup mentality that is supposed to be sexually [...]

Irish missionary gave all credit to God
by Bill Federer
Rome fell Sept. 4, 476.
In the centuries preceding, Rome was overrun with immigrants: Visigoths, Franks, Anglos, Saxons, Ostrogoths, Burgundians, Lombards and Vandals. They first assimilated, many working as servants, but then came so fast they did not learn the Latin language.
Worldwide military conflicts strained the highly trained [...]

March 11, 2008

Ben Franklin was the first president of the first anti-slavery society in the United States. Richard Bassett, a Signer of the Constitution, converted to Methodism, freed all his slaves and paid them as hired labor. John Quincy Adams fought to end slavery by removing Congress’ Gag Rule. It was Senator Charles Sumner’s vehement stand against [...]

March 10, 2008

By Alan Caruba
“The tripling of oil prices since the summer of 2003 has unleashed forces that within the next two or three years will bring oil prices tumbling back down to below $50 a barrel.” So said John Cassidy, writing about “The Coming Oil Crash” in the January issue of Conde Nast Portfolio. Yes, [...]

26-year-old William Penn received from King Charles II the charter to Pennsylvania on MARCH 10, 1681, as repayment of a debt owed to his deceased father Admiral Sir William Penn, who captured Jamaica and defeated the Dutch navy. A student at Oxford, William Penn was expelled for having his own prayer services in his dorm [...]

March 7, 2008

by John F. McManusARTICLE SYNOPSIS:
Early in 2006, huge demonstrations complete with immigrants waving Mexican flags and abusing the Stars and Stripes stirred the sleeping American populace. Something had to be done. So President Bush spoke to the nation and promised a series of actions, one of which was a technological breakthrough called a virtual fence. [...]