Lt. Colonel George F. McFarland, my great-great-great grandfather, commanded the 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at the Battle of Gettysburg…More
Category Archives: History
Isaiah 3
In the third chapter of Isaiah, we read a number of things which I dare say will never be adequately expressed in Veggie Tales, flannelgraphs, or Illustrated Children’s Bibles.More
Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Last Trial’ by Dan Abrams and David Fisher
Just having finished up Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency by Dan Abrams and David Fisher, I am struck by a couple of things.More
Trigger Warning on American Founding Documents
The National Archives online catalogue is now putting trigger warnings on America’s founding documents, according to reporting by Emily Zanotti at The Daily Wire.More
Just Like Elections, Ideas Have Consequences
In sum, ideas have consequences. Elections have consequences because ideas have consequences. And ideas are upstream of elections. More
Book Review: ‘A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood’ by James P. Byrd
As President Lincoln said in his Second Inaugural Address, men on both sides of the Civil War “read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.”More
Oh, the Humanity!
When man forgets God, his reason is turned to folly and he might as well say “Oh, the huge manatee” as “Oh, the humanity.” What, after all, is the difference? More
Book Review: ‘Coolidge’ by Amity Shlaes
Coolidge stands as an understatedly heroic figure for the ages precisely because he was endeavoring stubbornly not to impose his will left and right.More
War Crimes and Genocide in the Old Testament
Can we say there are any rules for war in the Bible when God not only permits but commands the total annihilation of certain of Israel’s enemies?More
John Adams and the Science of Government
We all like Adams should see it as our duty as well to study the science of government, politics, and war, that our sons after us might study mathematics and philosophy, painting and poetry.More