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The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has created a civics quiz that shows the decline of our nation’s civic knowledge, including that …

Thanksgiving 1565 and Thanksgiving 2009

Ever wonder what the first official thanksgiving was like back in 1619?  It was nothing like how …

by Ellen Adams

As I often do each afternoon, I tuned in to see what impassioned pleas the modern-day patriot Glenn Beck …

The Book That Changed Your Life

Several books have been written about books that change people’s lives. I have recently read two of them that provide …

By Jim Huber

The U.S. Open Golf Championship is upon us again and, once more, I am beset with the most amazing collection of emotional …

The Medal of Honor is our nation’s highest award for valor. There have been only 3,466 medals awarded since the first one in 1863. …

  (Deng )

        By Jim Huber

        The tiny cinderblock building, kept only for the most honored of the regional governor’s guests, smells of war. Five giant, …

  Americans are fond of compiling lists of things.  The internet has a site for every list ever made; you can probably find a list …

It was early on a brilliant Sunday morning in 1996 and I was minutes away from opening my weekly CNN golf show live from under …

It is likely that the issue of the Electoral College will be discussed a good deal between now and the election in November, and probably …