Understanding the history and nature of the modern state of Israel can rank among the most frustrating tasks that one can embark on today. The amount of polarized information and opinions is staggering and it can be difficult, especially as a libertarian and even moreespecially as a Christian, to find information that tackles the subject in helpful
February 15 marks the anniversary of the destruction of the USS Maine, a momentous event that precipitated America’s involvement in the Cuban independence movement and what eventually became known as the Spanish American War. Most Americans gloss over this period in their history, it being quite overshadowed by the eventual scale of World War I.
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and … looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.… Japan
November 29, 2018, marks the 71st anniversary of Resolution 181, the UN General Assembly Resolution that laid out plans for the partitioning of Palestine, then under British occupation rule, into two independent states. This historic resolution is largely considered to be the first domino in the decades of resulting clashes between the eventual Israeli state
In the effort of advocating for non-intervention, one is naturally confronted with many questions and concerns regarding how this philosophy would work throughout history. For Americans, that typically looks like objections to the idea of non-involvement in a number of notable world conflicts, most commonly that of World War II. It doesn’t take long in
This week’s events find me working in Guatemala. Many will be aware of the recent Fuego volcano eruption and the damage it caused and families that it has affected. As a result, we are working to build homes for those displaced by the eruption and to lead wellness clinics using essential oils (You can check
In world history, the nineteenth century serves as the bedrock, the foundation for, so much of the intellectual and ideological landscape that defined much of the twentieth. The concept of the modern nation-state, Darwinian evolution, Marxism/Leninism, Rousseauism, Prussianism, Dispensationalism; the 1800’s set the stage for the implementation and failure, to one degree or another, of
There are few more polarizing terms, concepts more emotionally and viscerally motivating than that of “terrorism.” Much like the “Nazi”, “racist”, or “bigot” moniker popular today, or perhaps the “Communist” label during the Cold War, the label of “terrorist” is one that immediately discredits and tends to quickly disqualify an individual or group from any
For those of us who have weathered the storm that is K-12 public education or have successfully completed an undergraduate degree, you’ve probably completed a course or two in American and/or world history through the 20th century. And if you are anything like me, your interest in history was not strong during those years and