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Hanukkah — The Jewish Holiday of Miracles That Inspired Early Christians

The Jewish 8-day holiday of Hanukkah (Hebrew for “Dedication”) began last Sunday evening.  Two thousand years ago, it was a major Jewish festival of miracles that inspired Jews and early Christians alike.  Later, Jewish religious leaders suppressed and ignored both

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Re-Enactment at Trenton Remembers Christmas Miracle of 1776 That Saved America.

Photo from https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/. For the first time since 2016, hundreds of re-enactors crossed the Delaware River just north of Trenton on Christmas Day yesterday.   They dressed as soldiers of the state militias and Continental Army of 1776 and rowed

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A Week of Lies About Climate and Biden. All Aimed At Trump, America and Us.

  The lead stories of almost every newspaper, radio, and TV news program were virtually identical to the “Young protesters around globe demand action” and “Trump urges Ukraine to investigate Biden’s son” articles of the Associated Press, published in last

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How September 17 Became “Anti-Constitution Day” at Stockton University (And Almost Every College and Public School).

  In 2004, a Republican-majority Congress, with good intentions, required virtually all public schools and colleges in America to “hold an education program on the U.S. Constitution” each year on September 17. Unfortunately, Stockton University, like most public schools and

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What Every School Should Teach on ‘Constitution Day’ Tomorrow, September 17

In 2004, President Bush and a Republican-majority Congress required every “educational institution that received Federal funds” to hold an “education program on the U.S. Constitution” each year on September 17. This law was adopted with good intentions.   The U.S. Constitution

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