Operation Eagle Claw

I remember waking up the morning of April 25, 1980 to the horrible news that an American special forces rescue team had had a terrible collision in the Iranian desert, and eight U.S. servicemen had been killed. The rescue attempt, Operation Eagle Claw, failed. I...

444

From November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, the Islamic Republic of Iran held 52 Americans (mostly diplomats) hostage. It lasted 444 days. Islamists who supported the agenda of the Ayatollah Khomeini, attacked the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and captured the Americans. Most...

Iran 1979

How did Iran become a theocratic Islamic republic, governed by their version of Sharia, and the world’s largest exporter of terrorism? Iran for most of the 20th century was a peaceful, yet backwards nation. Persia/Iran was a nation that was ignored by the...

The Eleven Degree Man

Way back in 1990 I clipped an article from Parade Magazine (the little magazine that was found in many editions of the Sunday paper a long time ago). The article was entitled “It’s Such a Pleasure to Learn” and it was the story of John...

The 1619 Project

The New York Times has launched their “1619 Project”– an examination and re-evaluation of the legacy of slavery in America. It’s leading proponent is NY Times reporter Hannah Nikole-Jones. A wide variety of historians, journalists, and other...