During the first month of the 2014 NFL season the Oakland Raiders lost four games, were outscored by more than fifty points and fired their head coach Dennis Allen. At practice on October 6, 2014 Allen’s replacement Tony Sparano did something unusual: he buried a football.
November, 2014
“The Whole Enchilada:” Religious Exemptions for Children’s Medical Care
In March, 1967, thirty-one-year-old Dorothy Sheridan, a single mother and a Christian Scientist, prayed that her five-year-old daughter Lisa would understand that God had created a sinless, illness-free spiritual world and thus be freed from the illusory grip of pneumonia.
Veterans to Remember: The Bonus Army
If our narratives of veteran protesters tend to focus on the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, soldiers’ protests actually have a much more longstanding history. Some of their most powerful examples were the World War I veterans who constituted the Bonus Army.
Ours to Fight For: Norman Rockwell and the Four Freedoms
Norman Rockwell was one of the most prominent painters in American history. During his lifetime, he produced over 4,000 works that have appeared in magazines, literature, and on calendars.
Veterans to Remember: Parker David Robbins
Thanks principally to the critical and popular success of the film Glory (1989), our collective memory of the Civil War includes African American soldiers (known in their era as United States Colored Troops).
Veterans to Remember: Chinese Americans in the Civil War
At least 58 Chinese Americans fought in the Civil War, constituting a largely forgotten community of soldiers and veterans.
Lt. Alonzo Cushing and the Medal of Honor
Today, November 6, 2014, President Obama awarded First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing of Wisconsin the Medal of Honor for heroism. Cushing kept to his post despite horrific wounds in his shoulder and abdomen, leading his men for ninety minutes until a bullet to his head killed him.
The Second Amendment and the 1879 Illinois Militia Law
The Second Amendment is one of the most hotly debated sections of the U.S. Constitution today. It is the one that reads: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Mary Baker Eddy and the American Dream
Mary Baker Eddy was born in 1821 in Bow, New Hampshire, a small hardscrabble farming community. Fifty-four years later, she launched the wildly popular religion Christian Science when she published Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures.
Voting for a Senator? Here’s Why You Can
Every two years, on the first Tuesday of November, Americans head to the polls to vote in a federal election. This year, all eyes are on the US Congress.