Archive for the ‘History’ Category
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How the Church Lost Ireland
Posted on May 27, 2015
More than three centuries after Christ died, St. Patrick came to Ireland and converted the pagans to Christianity. The Erin Island is the furthest Western outpost of Europe (not counting...
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Racial Polarization and Baltimore
Posted on April 28, 2015
In the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, my hometown of Chicago faced riots in most of the worst ghettos in the city, except in certain areas...
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Defending Religious Freedom in the Middle East
Posted on March 23, 2015
It turns out, Saddam Hussein was actually pretty good for the Christians in Iraq. That’s just one of the ironies of our efforts to dislodge him a decade ago. Watching...
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Restore The Congress to Counter the President
Posted on March 10, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) In 1989, the first year I arrived in Washington as a staffer to House Minority Leader Bob Michel, the Heritage Foundation released a tome...
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Don’t Know Much About History
Posted on February 18, 2015
State legislators in Oklahoma voted to stop state funding for AP history courses offered by the College Board and taught in many high schools across the country, because, according to...
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