• I watched a couple nights ago the movie Lincoln and also last week I finished reading Ronald C. White‘s biography of Abraham Lincoln.  I [...]

  Worth reading: Lincoln’s Cooper Union Speech

  27 February, 2013
• 22 February, 1784: The first American trade ship to China weighs anchor in New York City. The history of trade between China and the West is [...]

  For All the Tea in China

  22 February, 2013
• WASHINGTON — Faced with billions of dollars in losses, the Postal Service announced on Wednesday (Feb. 06 2013) that it would seek to stop [...]

  The legacy of George Washington’s Postal Service Act of February 20, 1792

  20 February, 2013
• After only seven years as Head of the Catholic Church, the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is an astonishing news.  This may be a message on [...]

  Is Globalization finally saying “STOP!” to the Catholic Church?

  11 February, 2013

• How many gun murder victims in the U.S. are black? How many were killed with hand guns (and not with the now fiercely debated assault rifles)? [...]

  U.S. Gun Murders in 2010: an Alternative View

  7 February, 2013