History
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Admirers of Yosemite National Park may be disappointed to learn that some names of the Park’s iconic buildings and sites will be completely changed. The historic Ahwahnee hotel will become The Majestic Yosemite Hotel, Curry Village will be renamed the Half Dome Village, and the Wawona Hotel will now be called Big Trees Lodge. Other […]
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Science is a recent enterprise to take humanity by storm. Despite its infancy, science has made rapid progress. But in order to understand where science can take us, it’s important to understand its roots, which have been been oversimplified – and in many cases, skewed – by mainstream television. Anyone looking to refresh their memory […]
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For years, both gun control and anti-gun advocates have been saying that the Second Amendment is “outdated.” And that since the government itself is armed to the teeth, and has even militarized the police force, the second constitutional amendment has outlived its purpose. Though some from both ends of the political spectrum might agree to […]
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In the Declaration of Independence, the founders of the republic asserted that the proper role of the government is to safeguard its citizens’ God-given rights. Despite the signers’ differences in their own comprehension of God, all agreed that no one ruler — or monarch — should be a threat to individual rights and proper governance. […]
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A former Marine and Kansas City history and civics teacher passed away suddenly while laying a Christmas wreath on a veteran’s grave at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Kansas. Although his death was unexpected, his family is comforted by the fact that he died doing something that was so important to him. Eighty-year-old Fred Kaffenberger, who […]
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In a bold and overwhelmingly patriotic move, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing for a convention of U.S. states to pass nine very reasonable Constitutional amendments that would limit federal powers, returning it back to the states. The proposed changes include prohibiting “Congress from regulating activity that occurs wholly within one State,” which could include matters such […]
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During the Great Depression, people would pay for services with food because they had no money and no credit. The situation was so bad that in some areas of the country, local governments issued their own currencies called depression scrip. The scrip were often pieces of paper used as money because government currency was nowhere to be seen. […]
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