It was recently announced that the rotted remains of the Spanish pirate ship Fortuna had been found along the shore of the Cape Fear River not far from Wilmington, North Carolina. I told the story of the Fortuna several years ago. Here’s a repeat: Interesting bits of history are often discovered in unusual places. In […]
In their war against traditional societal norms, leftist progressives sometimes elevate deeply flawed persons to near iconic status while villifying their perceived oppressors. Nowhere is this illustrated more clearly than in the case of George Floyd. Floyd was not an evil man, yet he was seriously flawed. Reading a brief biography, it appears that he […]
About two weeks ago President Trump announced a temporary federal takeover of the police department in Washington, DC. He also stated his plan to clean up the city, remove homeless encampments, etc. Since Washington is a federal city, Trump is authorized to do this. However, his time for action is limited unless Congress votes an […]
THE WORLD IN FLAMES 1940-1945 With the fall of France in June 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The British army was in a state of total disarray. It was never very large, and it had lost almost all its equipment during the evacuation from Dunkirk. The imminent threat of invasion loomed over […]
French Soldiers on Parade, 1939 Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, and, true to their treaty obligations, Britain and France declared war on Germany. However, neither nation did much to help their Polish ally. With the Germany army heavily engaged in Poland, the French could have launched an attack from the east. Instead, the […]
WINNING THE WAR, LOSING THE PEACE 1914-1939 After the Battle of the Marne ended on September 9, 1914, the Allied and German armies attempted to outflank each other. Failing this, they entrenched and faced off over a no-man’s land. The trenches stretched from the Swiss alps to the English Channel. From time to time each […]
THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN 1914 On the afternoon of August 3, 1914, two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declared war on France and began implementing a long-held strategy conceived by the former chief of staff of the German army, Alfred von Schlieffen. The objective was to achieve the total defeat of France in six […]
1850-1914 EUROPE STARTS ON THE PATH TOWARD DESTRUCTION Europe had been totally transformed by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. Following the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the continent entered an era during which armed conflicts were usually of limited scope and conducted by small, often professional armies. Total national involvement was rare. […]
Abraham Lincoln is considered by many to be our greatest President, but that high regard was certainly not universal in his lifetime. Most people in the American South considered him the devil incarnate, and many Northerners had a low opinion of his leadership. Quoting from a 2013 article by Mark Bowden in The Atlantic, Lincoln […]
My son Stuart Jordan continues his research on the Jordan family. This is his latest update: “For those of you who have read the 2nd edition of my book regarding our Jordan family – Beneath the Black Walnut (2022) – I wish to provide some updates. “In Section VII of the book, I examine Y-DNA […]
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