HISTORICALLY YOURS Justice Harlan – “Our Constitution is Color Blind”
The 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution, adopted shortly after the Civil War, provided for the end of slavery, and “the equal protection of the laws.”... Read more.
HISTORICALLY YOURS Justice Harlan – “Our Constitution is Color Blind”
The 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution, adopted shortly after the Civil War, provided for the end of slavery, and “the equal protection of the laws.”... Read more.
History repeats! Jefferson, Decatur and the Muslim “Barbary” nations
We often forget that centuries ago our nation was menaced with the cruel capture and enslavement of Americans in Muslim nations. According to historian Christopher... Read more.
$50 billion Nicaragua Canal and a 1-Cent Stamp
Nicaragua, The Panama Canal and a 1-Cent Stamp Nicaraguan officials and a Chinese company recently announced that they have broken ground on the $50 billion transoceanic... Read more.
HISTORICALLY YOURS The 1914 Christmas Truce
The remarkable events that took place in the military trenches in France on Christmas Eve 1914 appears to be pure fiction, except, it is entirely true. Although... Read more.
Washington’s brother Lawrence and Cartagena
Years ago, Arlene and I visited the beautiful Colombian walled city of Cartagena, on the westerly side of the Caribbean. We had an unusual conversation with a resident... Read more.
The Birth State of Andrew Jackson?
Andrew Jackson is rated in numerous historical polls as our sixth greatest president. South Carolina and North Carolina each claim to be his birth state. Which state... Read more.
Lincoln, Grant and the Jews
In December 1862, in the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant, in charge of the Western territory, initiated the most sweeping anti-Semitic regulation in all of American... Read more.
David Levy Yulee – ‘The Florida Fire Eater’
Moses Levy, an observant Jew, took great pride in 1845 when his son David was elected as America’s first Jewish U.S. Senator. It was short lived. It all started... Read more.
Jefferson – The Ambiguities of Human Nature
I recently had the pleasure to attend a lecture at Broward College by Pulitzer Prize author Jon Meacham (Thomas Jefferson, The Art of Power). Meacham’s conclusion,... Read more.