Tag: Dark Ages
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12. The Rise and Fall of the Middle Ages
by ProfDave, ©2022 (Apr. 26, 2022) — Sometimes historical writing tells us more about the times in which it is written than the times it purports to describe. So it is with the historians and essayists of the eighteenth century “Enlightenment” when it comes to the “dark ages.” Edward Gibbon and his contemporaries saw themselves…
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Throwing Off Restraints
by Raymond Morris, ©2020 (Dec. 13, 2020) — There are certain restraints built into our culture that keep things from getting worse. California has wildfire problems. Having a local fire department can control the spread of those fires before they destroy neighborhoods. So, having a fire department is a good thing and it would not be…
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What Say We Declare War?
“FINISH IT OFF” by OPOVV, ©2014 (Jun. 18, 2014) — Did I miss something or are thousands of our military coming home messed-up, missing limbs or in body bags? And do these “Rules-of-Engagement” put our troops in the sights of a Turkey-Shoot: you know, the kind you see at the town carnival that goes through once…
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The Wisdom of the Ages
A NEW “DARK AGE” OR ENLIGHTENMENT? by OPOVV, ©2012, Presidential Candidate (Oct. 17, 2012) — We’ve reached an epic point in human history where the scales of individual rights are on balance with government censorship of speech, assembly, owning weapons, and equal education for all, with free access to all the information in all of the…
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Secure the Blessings of Liberty
WILL SHARIA LAW TAKE IT AWAY? by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet (Nov. 4, 2011) — Because of the bizarre compulsions of Islamic Law, Americans have difficulty in comprehending how unadaptive it is with values that are an integral part of our Judeo-Christian culture. Since the first wood carving, or the molding of a clay model,…
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Is “gay marriage” a historical imperative?
IS AMERICA BECOMING A MARXIST UTOPIA? by Don Hank (Aug. 12, 2010) — According to expert testimony before the House in 1963, the 26th of the “Current Communist Goals” was: 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.” My recent response to the court decision by a homosexual judge in California supposedly making…