Historian Steven Lawson, in his contribution to Freedom Rights (University Press of Kentucky), points out that Martin Luther King, Jr., did not create the civil rights movement but "rather, the movement thrust him into a position he did not covet. . . . That said, King's charismatic leadership gave a unique character to the movement
READ MOREAnother year; but hardly business as usual. The world ended on December 21 last year, or so they were telling us right up to the day. Those pesky Mayans—who knew that they had it so wrong about the apocalypse! Of course a certain Family Radio speaker had backdated the event to a few months earlier;
READ MORETemple University historian Gregory Urwin, in his contribution to Lincoln and Leadership (Fordham University Press), observes: "recent surveys reveal that most American historians continue to rate Abraham Lincoln as the country's best president. This subjective judgment hinges primarily on Lincoln's performance as commander in chief in the Civil War, in which he surmounted a host
READ MOREMost folks who grew up in that rapidly decreasing institution of a two-parent home learned pretty quickly that you obeyed Father. How many kids, when told by Dad to do (or not to do) such and such, answered, "What gives you the authority to tell me what to do?" Though a few might have answered
READ MOREThe history of Sunday legislation in the United States shows a mass of contrary, inconsistent, and illogical cases and distinctions. The following instances help to prove this: In State of Nebraska v. Tim O'Rourke, 35 Nebr. 614, 1892, an indictment for playing baseball on Sunday, the court said: "No trial can be had on Sunday.
READ MORERestlessness is spreading worldwide and increasing daily in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and America. In fact, the entire world is experiencing great unrest as a result of a lack of peace, increased violence, and religious intolerance. Political and economic restlessness is increasingly common and increasingly connected to religious persecution. In this regard one cannot
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