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NC Lt. Governor Mark Robinson Slams News Outlet for Cartoon Depicting Republicans as KKK Members

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 04, 2021 53 Comments

You may know Mark Robinson as the man who stood up for law-abiding gun owners at a town meeting and famously declared "I am the majority!" Robinson, a Republican, is now the first black lieutenant governor of North Carolina. A media outlet in the state just printed a cartoon depicting him and other Republicans as members of the KKK.

Progressive Los Angeles DA Supports Parole for Manson Family Murderer

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 02, 2021 54 Comments

Bruce Davis was a member of the Manson Family cult who participated in the torture and murder of Gary Hinman in 1969. Davis has now been recommended for parole, and the move has the support of new Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. Like many progressive DAs across the country who won with the financial backing of left-wing billionaire George Soros, Gascón operates more like a high priced defense attorney than a prosecutor.

British University Dropping Study of Chaucer as it ‘Decolonises’ Curriculum

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 26, 2021 19 Comments

"would end all teaching on texts central to the development of the English language, including the Dark Age epic poem Beowulf, as well as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4zZREEsphs&feature=youtu.be

Trump Reveals 1776 Commission Report, Calling It ‘a Definitive Chronicle of the American Founding’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 19, 2021 4 Comments

President Donald Trump released the 1776 Commission on Monday, which he put forth in 2020 to counter education programs that misrepresent America's founding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwCma7sQc6k

The First Day of Christmas: the Birth of Jesus Christ

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 25, 2020 9 Comments

People messing up the twelve days of Christmas has always annoyed me, even before I converted to Catholicism. Christmas is not a day. It is a season that lasts twelve days. It begins on December 25 when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and ends twelve days later when the Magi visit the nativity.

Trustees of Dixie State University Vote to Drop ‘Dixie’ From Name

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 15, 2020 8 Comments

"I don't think it's wise to kick the can down the road any further."...

University Founder Johns Hopkins Revealed as Slave Owner

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 13, 2020 5 Comments

"The fact that Mr. Hopkins had, at any time in his life, a direct connection to slavery ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqLOBPl_zLc

Chuck Yeager, America’s Heroic Test Pilot Who Broke Sound Barrier First, Dies at 97

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 08, 2020 16 Comments

Chuck Yeager, the heroic test pilot who first broke the sound barrier, has died at age 97.

George Washington Statue at Miami University in Ohio Covered With a Tarp

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 04, 2020 5 Comments

"the project seeks to engage the campus community in a dialog about the legacy of Washington as an historical figure"...

Historical Statues Vandalized and Toppled in Multiple States on Thanksgiving

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2020 18 Comments

While millions of Americans were celebrating Thanksgiving this week, against the wishes of numerous Democrat leaders, other people were destroying historical monuments in multiple cities. Who would do such a thing? Do you think it was angry Trump supporters?

The connection between this Thanksgiving and George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 26, 2020 8 Comments

As I was preparing for Thanksgiving, I pulled up one of my Thanksgiving go-tos, which is just so, so good -- George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789.

Student Govt. at Brown U. Narrowly Rejects Effort to Remove Roman Statues From Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 17, 2020 2 Comments

“Because the measure did not receive a majority either way, the Council does not officially endorse the initiative”...

U. Notre Dame Covers Christopher Columbus Murals With Tapestries

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2020 1 Comment

"The tapestries show turtles, rabbits, foxes, rats, bears, eagles and fish, as well as a variety of plant life."...

History Scholar Says White Supremacists Use Medieval History to ‘Justify Violent Behavior’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 11, 2020 11 Comments

“White supremacists use medieval history to justify violent behavior.”...

UVA Students Hold Community Healing Event After School Refuses to Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 04, 2020 5 Comments

“This is what democracy looks like”...

Harvard Exploring the Renaming of Pretty Much Everything on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2020 7 Comments

"names or representations should be removed in view of their past advocacy or support of activities that many members of our community would today find abhorrent"...

Brown U. Students Want Roman Statues Removed From Campus Claiming They Promote White Supremacy

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 29, 2020 8 Comments

“It is not that difficult to see how a statue of (Caesar Augustus) would serve as an icon of colonial and imperial domination”...

Beheaded Bust of George Washington Still Not Reattached at GWU Five Months Later

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 28, 2020 0 Comments

"The College Fix took photographs last week and confirmed the bust is still missing."...

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