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These accounts of the first Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation in 1621 are, according to Pilgrim Hall Museum, the only two available primary sources about the event. Thanks to the “Brief History of Power” podcast for the source material.…

Most Americans today do not know much about Grover Cleveland. The fact that he was the only president to serve two discontinuous terms (1885–89 and 1893–97) has reduced him to an answer in trivia games. In this new biography of Cleveland,…

By Theodore Shoebat FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) Tell me, reader, what in the heathen books could ever match such beautiful verse–such sublime prose;…

The notorious KGB chairman Yuri Andropov recruited Mikhail Gorbachev, cultivated him, and placed him in the Kremlin leadership to ultimately take power. Once he led the Soviet Communist Party, Andropov’s recruit protected and rewarded the…

The Economist contends that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died this week at the age of 91, “liberated his people from 70 years of lies and ended the cold war.” Reuters says Gorbachev “brought communism to an end.” Other similar hagiographies of…

Most Americans celebrating the July 4 holiday today don’t fully realize that the power of ideas in the Declaration of Independence was the critical enabling factor for the Americans to win the War of Independence. Compared to the British…

Memorial Day is a profound American holiday because it connects the present with so many different points of our past. It was originally known as Decoration Day, a day set aside to honor those who lost their lives in the Civil War—America’s…

Finns met Stalin’s invading forces with fierce resistance, aided by neighbors, and humiliated the dictator, who expected quick victory. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he news from Ukraine is bad and likely to get worse. Experts say that Russia…

Robert Joseph Dole, longtime senator from Kansas, passed away on Dec. 5 at the age of 98. The world had long ago moved on, but even as recently as last year, reporters would occasionally ask him to opine on the news of the day. I suppose he…

Bob Dole was far more than a nice guy: He was an American. An iconic American. An American who put country, goodness, and goodwill before all. “I thank the Lord I’ve kept my wits, funny wits but still my wits.”— Bob Dole, 2020 NRPLUS…