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Many In Washington’s Army Recruited From Society’s “Dregs"
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 11:27 am | Michael Chesson
Many of George Washington’s army regulars were “servants, criminals and slaves” recruited from “the broad underclass of Revolutionary American society,” a noted historian says. More >>
Early New England Settlers Didn’t All Dress in Black Clothes
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 12:23 pm | Michael Chesson
The image New England residents have of the early Puritans as a stern people who dressed all in black and were ruled by intolerant and authoritarian ministers appears to be inaccurate, new historical research suggests. More >>
G-men in the Hindu Kush
Friday, 10 June 2011, 4:07 pm | Michael Chesson
Of all the books to appear after 9/11, one of the most controversial has been “Imperial Hubris: Why The West Is Losing the War on Terror: 2004-2005” (Potomac Books Inc.) More >>
Unintelligent Design
Monday, 18 April 2011, 12:33 pm | Michael Chesson
Americans who challenge Darwinian evolution may be among the least likely to look at our history for examples with which to refute it. Surely the inability or unwillingness of generations of national leaders to ponder some of the possible lessons of the ... More >>
Our Rubik’s Cube and Libya
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 4:42 pm | Michael Chesson
Moammar Gadhafi seized power in Libya in 1969, only five years before a Hungarian sculptor invented a frustrating yet obsessively fascinating toy that came to be known as Rubik’s cube. The United States should resist the calls for military intervention ... More >>
