This year marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Though Europeans had visited this land long before, Jamestown, settled in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
Many festivities and events are taking place this year. This weekend, for example, sees a …

There are are a couple of new books out or coming out that seem worth investigating.

The first is a book by Majorie Burns titled Perilous Realms: Celtic And Norse in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth. From a review in the Rutland Herald:

There’s a new book out on the “Lord of the Rings” and its …

This year marks the 300th birthday for a great American Hero, Benjamin Franklin, who was born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Considering his life and accomplishments, he seems to me to be a template towards which we all can aspire. Ben was one of the Founders of the United States, was a …