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Mark Nuckols: Saigon 1975? Or Kabul 2015? It is a war that has been dragging on for more than a decade, and things are not going well for a government that had depended upon American troops for its survival. Jack Kerwick: Islamic Oppression, Leftist Double Standards When it was revealed that Dylann Roof, the 21 year-old white man responsible for murdering nine black Christians in their Charleston, South Carolina church, had affection for the Confederate flag, the movers and shakers in the political, corporate, and media worlds launched a campaign to extirpate the flag from every vestige of public life
Between the temporary ruler and the ultimate rightful one, there is an unceasing conflict, in which the wane of influence on the one side is necessitated by its growth on the other. Manifestly, therefore, during any intermediate state, in which men are neither altogether dishonest nor altogether honest, a mixed currency will exist; and the ratio of paper to coin will vary with the degree of trust individuals can place in each other
William Penn
The name of New Wales was proposed by Penn for the province; but this being objected to, he suggested Sylvania, to which the king prefixed Penn, in honor of the great admiral. Asking time for the consideration of this proposition, Penn retired to his room, and, after an hour of prayer and meditation, returned to his father with the declaration that such a course would be impossible
ET Eight hundred years ago next month, on a reedy stretch of riverbank in southern England, the most important bargain in the history of the human race was struck
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Over on the Quarry Masonic Forum present day masons procliam "Of all the symbols illustrating feminine iconography in a "Masonic" form, undoubtedly the most conspicuous is The Statue of Liberty. Right: tabulae ansatae from the sanctuary of Isis and Magna Mater in Mainz Since we know "wisdom drapes her truth with symbolism" it behoves us to take a closer look at what tabula ansatae were used for in ancient times
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He also came up with inventive ideas to raise money, including exhibiting the torch at the Phildaelphia world's fair and charging people to climb up inside. Her clear descriptions and entertaining stories remind me of David McCullough's The Great Bridge and The Path Between the Seas, which also deal with monumental engineering and construction feats of the same time period.The story of the Statue of Liberty must begin with its creator, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, a gifted and extremely self-confident French artist who specialized in monumental statuary, for which there was quite a vogue during the nineteenth century
Give Us Liberty
At first glance, it would seem an improbable collaboration, but the marriage of convenience between radical Islam and Marxism, like the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939-1941, has a practical purpose, to destroy Western democracy. Obama and his IRS subordinates have notoriously abused the public trust by singling out, and arbitrarily penalizing, patriotic organizations awaiting approval of tax-exempt status so they might fundraise legally
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