Swastikas: The Full Picture

By Casey Van Ommering What are your first thoughts looking at this symbol?  What does it represent? If you are at all familiar with history in the 20th century, you recognize the Swastika – the symbol of the Third Reich that Hitler ruled prior to and during World War II. In 1933, the Nazis rose […]

The Highlight of Monterey Car Week – Pebble Beach

California’s Monterey County, 100 miles south of San Francisco, has a lot to offer tourists, from spectacular coastal drives and beautiful countryside to charming towns and world class events. It is the home of the Big Sur, a region of unspoilt coastline, towering cliffs, giant redwood trees and iconic bridges, and the 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through […]

Solar Eclipses of History (I)

By Norma Reis Introduction Since the very beginning of history, people have been amazed by what they see when they look up at the sky. Indeed, looking at the celestial sphere without the unpleasant interference of city lights is magnificent. It can sometimes mesmerise us with a deep desire of traveling out to these celestial […]

U.S. May Not Be Up to Confronting Multiple Global Threats

By Larry Bell America and her allies face growing threats from menacing nations and murderously malevolent terrorist factions that exploit leadership and military weaknesses which are precariously evident. Current appeasement policies and recent strategic blunders have further emboldened and empowered our most aggressive adversaries — China, Russia, and Iran — who are now conspiring and […]

China’s Communist Party Targets Our Children

By Ziva Dahl With youngsters back in school, American parents are focused on the new academic year, unaware that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is targeting their children for indoctrination. Shrewdly utilizing the same Marxist strategy as our own American Left which propagandizes our children to hate America and our constitutional principles, the CCP has […]

The Grandeur of the Qing Economy

By Madeleine Zelin At the end of the Ming dynasty, just before the Manchus overthrew the Ming and established the Qing dynasty, China’s economy was in a period of expansion. New markets were being founded, and merchants were extending their businesses across provincial lines and even into the South China Sea. Chinese merchants were already […]

Former NY Mayor : Attack on Israel Appears Worse Than 9/11

By Sandy Fitzgerald  It’s hard to compare the 9/11 attacks to the Hamas terrorist assault on Israel this weekend, but “this would appear to me to be worse,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who earned the nickname “America’s Mayor” in the wake of the devastating strike in 2001 on his city, told Newsmax […]

1950s Hairstyles: Cropped ‘Dos & Gorgeous Curls

By Joanna Elizabeth   Nowadays, when we look back at 1950s hairstyles, that era channels classic Americana style. Women from this era embraced glamour and treated hairstyles as their self-expression. On the screen and in real life, short and cropped hairstyles became popular. Long hair was also in style much like the 1940s, with full […]

The First Chinese Restaurant in America Has a Savory—and Unsavory—History

By  Richard Grant Photographs by Rebecca Stumpf   The oldest continuously operated Chinese restaurant in America is not in San Francisco or New York, but in Butte, Montana, where 47-year-old Jerry Tam, the great-great-grandson of the original owner, presides over the Pekin Noodle Parlor. Standing on South Main Street outside the weathered two-story brick building, […]

AI Means Upskilling No Longer Optional, It’s a Mandate

By V. Venesulia Carr Artificial Intelligence is embedded in every part of our daily lives, from the biometrics on our mobile phones, mobile banking platforms, GPS, online purchases, package delivery, social media, internet searches, and even viewing recommendations on streaming services. It’s everywhere. AI is now part and parcel of everything we do. The Fourth […]