Hindsight is 20/20, and in this tumultuous year, it would serve us well to remember how Americans have previously overcome political divisions that struck the nation’s core.
By George Hofmann
Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. V): The Second Voyage
Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part five in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone
Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. IV): The Discovery
Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part four in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone
Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. III): The Scientific Hypothesis
Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part three in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone
Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. II): Columbus the Man
Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part two in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone
Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. I): Introduction
Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part one in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone
Linda A. Kerns: All of this kneeling before our flag suggests some of us have already forgotten
How quickly we forgot – not only those who lost their lives in the line of duty, but also the weary men and women who showed up day after day post 9-11 to sort through the rubble to look for survivors and then the remains of the souls lost, all while anguished by their own personal situations and a nation rocked by sorrow.
By Linda A. Kerns
Logan Chipkin: Remembering James Logan, Philadelphia’s first scientist
James Logan — scientist, entrepreneur, Renaissance Man and mentor to Benjamin Franklin — helped establish Philadelphia and make it a hub of Enlightenment thought. His life has been largely forgotten, but he impacted the course of our region.
By Logan Chipkin
Chris Tremoglie: Leftists’ attacks on Columbus are bad history
Mobs have decimated city after city in the name of what they claim to be social justice. It’s time to say: enough.
By Chris Tremoglie
Chris Tremoglie: The Founders took strong measures to stop pandemics — they would today, too
Many people against the stay-at-home orders have cited our Founding Fathers as inspiration to challenge the government. They might be disappointed with the actual history. By Chris Tremoglie