Yearly Archives: 2008

FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell – a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission – has stunningly claimed aliens exist. And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions – but the alien contact has been repeatedly … Continue reading →

Two great scenes:

According to this MSN Encarta listing, the American Revolution was nothing more than “Colonial elites,” landholders and plantation masters, continuing their “rule at home,” but without outside interference. From there, the pursuit of “life, liberty, and property” still excluded, “White … Continue reading →

The current mortgage crisis and congressional buyout schemes point to the larger issue of fiscal irresponsibility on the part of big banking. I think the result is probably our own “Panic of 2008?” How many economic “panics” have been a … Continue reading →

After his failed Beer Hall Putsch (1923), Adolf Hitler was arrested on November 11 and soon after found guilty of high treason and sentenced to five years imprisonment. The term would be reduced, but nonetheless he hand some time on … Continue reading →

I’ve been spending a lot of time reading Daniel Walker Howe’s What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848. This book is another outstanding contribution to the Oxford History of the United States series. Howe’s work might be the … Continue reading →

Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history at Brown University. He is the author of many award-winning works, including The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787, which won the Bancroft and John H. … Continue reading →

One of my favorite HISTORY blogs is back, Brian @ A Lincoln Blog is back and posting regularily now that his “schedule has loosened” up a bit. I have truly missed his musings. A Top Blog in my book!

I will have one last 2008 Presidential post in October or so, for now, Jib Jab will have to do. Hat tip to Ralph E. Luker at HNN: Send a JibJab Sendables® eCard Today!