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Posted by Mary Chastain on August 25, 2018 5 Comments
On August 25, 1988, a tragedy struck in Iran, one that most people do not know about. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa that led to the execution of 30,000 Iranian political prisoners. That fatwa led to "the biggest massacre of political prisoners since World War II." Khomeini targeted members and those loyal to the opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK).

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 12, 2018 9 Comments
Last August, I reviewed conservative pundit and film maker Dinesh D’Souza’s book: The Big Lie – Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left. His latest film is based on The Big Lie as well as his most recent book,  Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party. The result is the recently released movie, "Death of a Nation": Can We Save America a Second Time?".

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 03, 2018 24 Comments
For the last few weeks, George Washington's Mount Vernon and Dominion Energy have been engaged in a nasty and very public PR battle over Dominions plans to build a compressor station just across the river from the first president's home. Mount Vernon launched a surprisingly aggressive (aggressive for a historical site) campaign to fight Dominion Energy's development plans.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 19, 2018 15 Comments
I first blogged about Juneteenth in 2015. As I noted then, the day’s significance is almost criminally underappreciated. Over the last few years, the 19th of June and its significance, are slowly gaining national popularity, reverence, and acknowledgment.

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 08, 2018 50 Comments
The new film "Chappaquiddick" directed by John Curran and written by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan opened this weekend. It's a straightforward examination of the events surrounding the death of Mary Jo Kopechne when Ted Kennedy crashed his car off a bridge on Martha's Vineyard.
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