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“History teaches us about the cyclic rise and fall of civilizations, which, as they become more complex and interconnected, also become more vulnerable to collapse. The earth is littered with the ruins of empires that believed they were eternal.” –Camille Paglia We can think as highly of ourselves, our…

New linguistic research indicates that the ancestors of people across Europe and Asia may have spoken a common language about 15,000 years ago. Researchers reconstructed a few words which may have been spoken by ancient people in hopes of retracing the history of human migrations and contacts between…

Missouri History Why Is Missouri Called the "Show-Me" State? There are a number of stories and legends behind Missouri's sobriquet "Show-Me" state. The slogan is not official, but is common throughout the state and is used on Missouri license plates. The most widely known legend attributes the phrase…

Published March 13, 2013 LiveScience A newly deciphered Egyptian text, dating back almost 1,200 years, tells part of the crucifixion story of Jesus with apocryphal plot twists, some of which have never been seen before. Written in the Coptic language, the ancient text tells of Pontius Pilate, the judge…

People used to say, "The United States are..." It wasn't until after the Civil War that you started to hear, "The United States is..." Under Lincoln we became one nation. And he paid for it with his life. This conversation describes the Church wonderfully. We usually hear "The churches are..." Sometimes…

By Vishal Mangalwadi Published April 13, 2011 | FoxNews.com In his quest to change oppressive regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, President George W. Bush argued, “Everyone desires freedom.” True. Everyone also desires a happy marriage: can everyone therefore have one? Afghanistan, Iraq, Ivory Coast, and…

WASHINGTON — For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. A watchmaker used tiny tools to carefully pry open the antique watch at the National Museum of American History,…

Authorized King James Version From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "King James Version" redirects here. For other uses, see King James Version (disambiguation). Authorized Version The title page to the 1611 first edition of the Authorized Version Bible by Cornelius Boel shows…

AUSTIN, Texas — Parents, teachers and activists will sound off Wednesday on how history — topics from the fall of the Roman Empire to cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash — will be taught to millions of Texas children for the next decade. The State Board of Education begins hearing testimony, before a tentative…

GOD AND COUNTRY In his book, Present Dangers: Rediscovering the First Amendment, David Lowenthal writes, “It is in the texture of our everyday lives that we must attempt to regain the marvelous simplicity that was ours for so long. It is in cultivating the memory of our past—our great accomplishments…

PAST A snowstorm in Spain recently brought back memories of that nation's traumatic past. Last year the country removed giant stone letters spelling the slogan "Serve Spain to the Death." The stones on a hillside near a military academy were left over from the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco…

History is a good teacher, but in one respect inadequate. We can learn what to avoid from history’s bad examples, and from her finest men we can learn what goals to seek; but we are not warned of the dangers of inactivity because history does not record the story of those who never tried. - E1lsworth…

The Danger of Prophetic Inevitability by Gary DeMar 11/12/2007Previous Article | Next ArticleIn 1977, D. S. Russell warned that end-time theorists might “create the very situation which is being described [in their prophetic writings] so that the interpretation given brings about its own fulfillment.”1…

Finding the truth History and evidence is all around us if we take a snapshot of now today where ever you are. Our way of life only exists with the very advanced lifestyle of Jesus, I say life-style because of the Bible and the complexity and ideas that it holds. This in itself is a miracle yet it is…

Imagine a world without Christmas lights. That would be the world before 1882. Oh, people built bonfires and attached candles to the limbs of their Christmas trees (sometimes burning down the town in the process), but it wasn’t until Edward Johnson, Thomas Edison’s associate, invented electric Christmas…

February 2, 1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song February 2, 1989 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states February 2, 1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC February 2, 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower…

"The Paradox of Our Time" The paradox of our time in history is that: We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less. We buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have…