A Brief History On November 8, 1837, Mary Lyon founded Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later became Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Earlier, Lyon had founded Wheaton Female Seminary, also in Massachusetts. Despite the title word “Seminary” in the colleges founded by Mary Lyon, she was neither a clergy person nor creating a school for future clergy, although she was indeed a devout Christian. Today we take a look at some religious beliefs that are likely to confuse, confound or perhaps totally discombobulate those persons not of that particular set of beliefs. (No value judgements are made or…
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Major Dan
Major Daniel Zar is a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served during the Cold War and has traveled to many countries around the world. Prior to his military service, he graduated from Cleveland State University, having majored in sociology. Following his military service, he worked as a police officer eventually earning the rank of captain prior to his retirement.
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A Brief History On October 21, 1944, the Soviet Red Army was steamrolling the German army on the Eastern Front, reaching the town of Nemmersdorf, where heartless Soviets massacred at least 74 ethnic Germans, and for good measure slaughtered another 50 French and Belgians being held by the Germans as POW’s. Digging Deeper We have previously discussed why we think the Soviets were not the knights in shining armor trying to deliver a sort of worker’s utopia to the masses, notably our article “10 Atrocious Atrocities Allegedly Arranged by the Soviet Union.” For that matter, the Russia of today that…
A Brief History On October 18, 2021, we take the time to offer our review of another historical account by Stephen Dando-Collins, an Australian writer who has written extensively on the subject of Ancient Rome (at least 44 books of all types so far). Obviously, with publishers willing to print such a huge volume of work, there must be some kind of quality and talent at work in Dando-Collins’ writing, and we find this to be true. Previously we reviewed Conquering Jerusalem (2021) by the same author and found the book to be particularly engaging. Constantine at the Bridge is…
A Brief History On October 16, 1968, the island country of Jamaica, a majority Black African heritage nation (92%+ African heritage population) experienced riots because a Black Guyanese professor, Dr. Walter Anthony Rodney, was banned from returning to Jamaica to teach at the University of the West Indies. An African history scholar, Rodney was a leading proponent of the Black Power movement that had taken hold in the United States and other countries. The Jamaican government that banned Dr. Rodney was led by Prime Minister Hugh Shearer, himself of African descent. Riots in the capital city of Kingston ensued! Digging…
A Brief History On October 14, 1943, the United States Army Air Force conducted one of the most catastrophic bombing raids in history, catastrophic for the bombers, that is! In 1943, World War II was still in serious doubt as to the outcome, and the United States and its key ally, Great Britain, were wracking their brains for the most efficient way to diminish German war making potential. Under enormous pressure from the Soviet Union to open a second front in Northern Europe, the US and UK elected instead to bring the land war to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations…