It’s in tumultuous times that we celebrate the 242nd birthday of the United States of America. Everywhere, people will be waving American flags, having barbecues, and watching fireworks; that much is certain. But underneath it all is a lot of negative sentiment about our country, too. A recent poll, in fact, showed that, for the first time this century, a […]
In the middle of the 19th century, my great-great-great-grandfather Phil came to the United States from the country of Ireland. Today, Ireland is a well-off European nation. But if you’re familiar with Irish history, you may know that the middle of the 19th century was one of the worst times Ireland has ever known. The Great Famine (or the Potato […]
You couldn’t find two people from history that were more opposite than Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the founder of Christianity, and the Emperor Constantine the Great, the founder of Christendom. Jesus was a humble Jewish preacher, born and raised in poverty, in the backwoods hick town of Nazareth; Constantine was a Roman emperor, born to a prominent military commander in […]
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