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Pope Pius XII: Hero in the Unmaking | Print |  E-mail
Written by Selwyn Duke   
Friday, 05 March 2010 01:00

Pope Pius XIIThe word “hero” so often conjures up images of the brash and the bold. We may think of Audie Murphy’s WWII exploits, the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the doomed holdouts at the Alamo. But then there are the quiet heroes, people such as Oskar Schindler. Ever since Schindler’s List hit the silver screen in 1993, his clandestine efforts resulting in the rescue of almost 1,200 Jews from Nazi death camps have been well known.

 
The Crusades: When Christendom Pushed Back | Print |  E-mail
Written by Selwyn Duke   
Friday, 05 February 2010 00:00

CHristianityThe year is 732 A.D., and Europe is under assault. Islam, born a mere 110 years earlier, is already in its adolescence, and the Muslim Moors are on the march.

 
The Killing Field at Malmedy | Print |  E-mail
Written by Y. Eric Bell   
Friday, 22 January 2010 09:50

DietrichForty-five years ago, former SS troops gathered by the thousands. Old friends emerged from self-inflicted obscurity. Many, intent on still concealing their less-than-positive one-time career pursuits, joined comrades-in-arms unfazed by the bloody legacy they splattered on the pages of history. They were Adolf Hitler’s elite personal security who took an oath to their Fuhrer rather than to their country.

 
Remembering the Mass-murderer Mao | Print |  E-mail
Written by Bruce Walker   
Monday, 26 October 2009 22:00

MaoThe statement by Anita Dunn, Obama’s Communications Director, describing Mao Tse-tung (aka Mao Zedong) as one of her two favorite philosophers, is, of course, appalling. Sixty years ago China, which had been slowly progressing towards a free republic under Chaing Kai-shek, was placed into the hands of one the most ghastly thugs in history.

 
The Oldest Constitutional Republic | Print |  E-mail
Written by Joe Wolverton, II   
Friday, 09 October 2009 12:18

The Constitution of San Marino was adopted on October 8, 1600, making the tiny European enclave arguably the world's oldest constitutional republic.

 
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