http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/history/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:45:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048189/posts Archaeology and the Book of Exodus: Exit From Egypt Archaeologists have made many significant discoveries that make the book of Exodus and the Israelistes' time in Egypt come alive. by Mario Seiglie In earlier issues, The Good News examined several archaeological finds that illuminate portions of the book of Genesis. In this issue we continue our exploration of discoveries that illuminate the biblical accounts, focusing on Exodus, the second book of the Bible.Exodus in English derives from the Latin and means simply "to exit." The book of Exodus describes the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, an event distinguished by... Good News Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048189/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:45:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048148/posts THE OLYMPICS PART ONE: BACKGROUND Published July 19th, 2008 As we approach the August 8th opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the XXIX Games of the Olympiad in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, it seems fitting to try to understand exactly what these “games” are. Their history may be examined on various websites, one of the best being http://www.musarium.com/kodak/olympics/olympichistory/. The Official Website of the Olympic Movement declares: “Olympism is a state of mind based on equality of sports which are international and democratic. It is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body,... VARIOUS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048148/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:44:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047720/posts It was July 15, 1958, and Second Lieutenant Simon L Leis Jr was nervous. As he waited for orders aboard the USS Taconic, he peered across the rough waters of the Mediterranean towards the yellow sands of Khalde beach, just five miles south of Beirut. Like the other members of the United States Marine Corps that day, Leis was preparing for battle. Briefed to expect the possibility of a hostile reception, the young leatherneck from Cincinnati, Ohio, knew little of the complexities surrounding Lebanon’s predicament. But when the call to arms finally came, he was ready. As whoops of anticipation... The National http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047720/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:05:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047620/posts The constant bad news from the liberal media corporations is very dangerous! I've been finding communist/Stalinist propaganda like this all over the net: Frankly the people ranting against "community" don't realize how they've benefited from it - it was non-profit inventions like the internet, computers, modern electricity, phones, x-rays, penicillin, radio waves, and lightbulbs (Göbel), that make life better today. (*Also* state funding of science, medicine, & university research!) "Conservatives" like to rant about how everything good came from greed, but it's just a huge lie: 1. The computer - “This came from pure scientific thought, and not at all... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047620/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047576/posts Historical Progress? by: Bethany Stotts, July 18, 2008 Despite what Americans have been hearing about the nation’s poor civics literacy, renowned education reformer Diane Ravitch suggests that, on historical subjects at least, civics education may have made “some headway.” She writes in the summer edition of Hoover Digest, “Yet compare [the results of two 1986 and 2007 surveys] I did, and it appears to me that those interviewed in the [Common Core] telephone sample of 2007 were somewhat better informed than their parent’s generation of 1986...On most questions of a factual nature, the proportion who answered correctly was either higher... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047576/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047415/posts Under the Heading THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES (THINGS TO COME, A Journal of Biblical Literature, Book One, Volume I, For July 1894, p.17) JEWISH LITERATURE A PALESTINE literature has sprung up, and books, pamphlets, and newspapers are taken up with this now all-absorbing theme. JEWISH SOCIETIES The whole nation [The United Kingdom] is honeycombed with societies having different names, but one object, viz., The Colonization of Palestine. 1. THE CHOVEVI SION is perhaps the largest. Its name means The Lover of Sion, and is from the word [Sorry, I can’t reproduce the Hebrew script], Chavav, which occurs only once... THINGS TO COME -- A Journal of Biblical Literature http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047415/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:11:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047317/posts My new book White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement places conservatism within the big picture of modern American history. The book traces the origins of modern conservatism to the 1920s. It explains why conservativism triumphed in the late twentieth century and why it is has fallen into disarray under the leadership of President George W. Bush. The review of my book in the New York Times by former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum shows that at least some diehard defenders of the Bush administration do not wish to enter into in a serious conversation about... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047317/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046737/posts A 2500 year old Persian treasure dubbed the world's 'first bill of human rights' has been branded a piece of shameless 'propaganda' by German historians. The Cyrus cylinder, which is held by the British Museum, is a legacy of Cyrus the Great - the Persian emperor famed for freeing the Jews of ancient Babylon after conquering the city in 539 BC. A copy of the cylinder, which is covered in cuneiform script supposed to detail the ancient charter of rights, also hangs next to the Security Council Chamber in the United Nations headquarters in New York, where it is held... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046737/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:48:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2046794/posts THE "LOST" TEN TRIBES In a recent discussion of the subject, by P. Asmussim, in a German periodical, the writer shows that the ten tribes never were "lost." Both in the Books of Kings and in the Assyrian inscriptions we have records of the deportations of the inhabitants of the Northern Kingdom, and in leading particulars the accounts agree. In 734 Tiglath-Pileser led into captivity the people of Gilead and of Galilee, and the districts of Issachar, Zebulon, Asher, Naphtali, Northern Dan, Eastern Manasseh and Gad were incorporated into the Assyrian monarchy. The last king of Israel accordingly ruled over... Things To Come -- A Journal of Biblical Literature http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2046794/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:35:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046483/posts The latest trend in political punditry with respect to Afghanistan focuses on its "historically unconquerable" nature - highlighted by a long list of unsuccessful foreign efforts paraded in newspaper columns across the nation. The most compelling of these is the attempt to draw hard and fast conclusions from the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion that ended with its ignominious withdrawal a decade later. The first, and most egregious, error in this approach is to refer to everything the West is doing in Afghanistan as a foreign invasion, replete with the imposition of foreign ideas, control and values. The simple truth is... theglobeandmail.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046483/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:24:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046284/posts Everyone knows this, but it's worth repeating: The Republican Party is the party of Abraham Lincoln and was established in 1854 to block the expansion of slavery. The Democratic Party was the party of slavery: Its two founders, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, owned large numbers of slaves, and every party platform before the Civil War defended the institution unequivocally. After the war, it was the Republican Party that rammed through the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution over Democratic opposition. Republicans also enacted a series of civil-rights laws that culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1875,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046284/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046248/posts Fifty years ago, an American president successfully stood up against the Moslem tide in the Middle East and won a victory. But the anniversary may pass completely unnoticed by most of the media, and the lesson of that event remains unlearned by most Americans. On July 15, 1958, President Eisenhower began what was called "Operation Blue Bat." President Chamoun of Lebanon, a Maronite Christian, had refused to side with Arab Moslem nations against the West. The result was that within Lebanon, supported by Syria, Muslims pushed for the end of the Chamoun administration (and, tacitly, for an end to the... American Thinker | Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046248/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:24:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045924/posts THIS IS A LONG READ, BUT VERY INFORMATIVE. Let me issue and control a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws." (Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Founder of Rothschild Banking Dynasty) Many prominent Americans such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson have argued and fought against the central banking polices used throughout Europe. Market Oracle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045924/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:54:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045949/posts This past weekend I watched Ken Burns' PBS documentary "The Civil War", and naturally I was left with far more questions than answers. (With the exception of the fact that I was unbelievably impressed with the commentary of the late Shelby Foote) So I compiled a series of them that are probably too wide in scope for one thread, but I will go ahead and ask them anyway. (Note: I'm going to admit a general ignorance on many of the subjects I present here, so if any of you responding find a "well, no $#@$@# Sherlock" question, I apologize in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045949/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:45:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045937/posts A downtown Laredo street bearing the name for more than a century of a Mexican hero was changed by the Laredo City Council on Monday to remove offensive connotations it may have against Arabs or Muslims.Since moving to Laredo nearly 30 years ago, Kamel M. Shrek has studied the meaning of "Matamoros," which means Moor killer or Moor slayer. The phrase was used as a battle cry by the Spaniards during the battle of Clavijo in 844 AD, according to Shrek's research, meant to encourage killing of Muslims. After becoming a nickname in Spain related to killing Catholic Spain's Arabic... LAREDO MORNING TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045937/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:24:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045711/posts Poland commemorates her refugees in Iran by Ryszard Antolak 24-Jun-2008 The Polish Postal Service has commemorated the role Isfahan played during World War 2 in caring for Polish orphans. The new stamp, "Isfahan - the City of Polish Children", went on sale earlier this month. It depicts a pupil at School No. 15 near Isfahan (Stanislaw Stojakowski), standing in front of a Persian carpet woven at the city's Carpet School in 1944. In 1942, Isfahan housed thousands of Polish orphans released from the Soviet work camps of Siberia and Kazakhstan. At its peak, twenty one areas of the city were... Iranian.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045711/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:40:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045072/posts brucelewis.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045072/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:07:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044656/posts Dawn Eden found an archived interview of Planned Parenthood founder and eugenicist Margaret Sanger from 1957, after she's supposed to have mellowed. Hardly. Here's a little drop of her poison: SANGER: I think the greatest sin in the world is bringing children into the world -- that have disease from their parents, that have no chance in the world to be a human being practically. Delinquents, prisoners, all sorts of things just marked when they're born. That to me is the greatest sin -- that people can -- can commit. It's a little too long for me to recommend the... MichelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044656/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:28:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044433/posts Most American history books -- but not Back to Basics for the Republican Party -- are written by liberal professors, who downplay or ignore Democrat villainy. As a result, few people today know the political element of the New York Draft Riot. Here's the story from the Republican point of view: On this day in 1863, Democrats began a four-day killing spree in New York City -- continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/the-new-york-draft-riot-was-democrats-attacking-republicans.html The GOPNation.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044433/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044346/posts Twenty years ago today (March 24, 2005), Army Major Arthur D. "Nick" Nicholson drove into East Germany to survey Soviet military activity. It was a bright Sunday morning, and he was about to become the last American to die in the Cold War. Relatively few people have heard of Nicholson, even though his killing dominated newspaper headlines around the world for several tense days two decades ago. A handful of people won't ever forget him: A small band of former comrades gathers at his Arlington National Cemetery each spring... I wrote about Nicholson's story in National Review last year. Since... Arlington National Cemetery Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044346/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:18:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043976/posts Burr-Hamilton duel A contemporary artistic rendering of the July 11, 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton by J. Mund. The DuelIn the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, Burr and Hamilton departed by separate boats from Manhattan and rowed across the Hudson River to a spot known as the Heights of Weehawken in New Jersey, a popular dueling ground below the towering cliffs of the Palisades. Hamilton and Burr agreed to take the duel to Weehawken because dueling had been outlawed in New York (The same site was used for 18 known duels between 1700 and 1845.).In... Answers.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043976/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043953/posts Public approval of Congress is so low that a few Republican optimists dream of overcoming the structural factors favoring the Democrats, holding steady or even gaining seats. They are dreaming. America has a proud tradition of disdain for Congress. In the run up to the Civil War, the floor of the US House of Representatives became the very first battlefield as northern and southern members would routinely resort to fisticuffs in order to settle arguments or points of personal honor. It was not unusual for Members to come armed with pistols to the floor, ready and willing to offer satisfaction... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043953/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:59:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043615/posts Very rarely a well written scholarly book directed to the general reader not only corrects profound misperceptions of historical persons and events but also shows the true origin of a basic part of human social action. Such a book is Defending the Declaration by Gary T. Amos.1 This excellent book belongs in the library of every Christian church, college, school, history scholar and teacher, pastor, attorney, and family especially when home schooling. It should be required collateral reading in American history courses (high school and college) dealing with the origins of America. Last but not least it makes a wonderful... CSSHS Quarterly Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043615/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043617/posts The importance of Kingmakers for a wide American audience emerges slowly. At first, the book appears to be a quaint reminiscence of eccentric and often familiar British colonials of the early 20th century, strutting across Middle Eastern deserts in pith helmets, instructing the benighted native tribesmen about the fundamentals of governing. But as this beautifully written and researched book proceeds, it becomes abundantly clear that these skilled English soldier-diplomats are the progenitors of (and in some cases, role models for) the current crop of American diplomats and soldiers on the same turf. The issues that this country is now debating... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043617/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:04:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043513/posts "I believe we are witnessing the beginning of a new race of men" Anonymous British Officer after the Battle of Saratoga, 1777 This comment, made by a soldier now forgotten by history, was more prophetic and more significant than he probably realized at the time Here is the link to the rest Or click The Bulletin link: http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=19842763&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8 The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043513/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:13:28 GMT