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The Church and the Holocaust

January 29th, 2013

By Tom Carter International Holocaust Remembrance Day, created in 2005 by a UN General Assembly resolution, coincides with the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by Soviet forces on January 27, 1945. This is the third of a series of three articles being re-published to observe this solemn day of remembrance. There has long been […]

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Tags: Catholic, Church, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jews, Pius XII
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Update: Agent Orange’s Toxic Trail

January 28th, 2013

By Jan Barry In the seaside city of Da Nang, Vietnam, a clean-up is underway to remove dioxin-contaminated soil at a former U.S. military air base. Some 8,500 miles to the east, another clean-up is underway to remove dioxin hot spots along the Passaic River in Newark, NJ and upstream, where tides and floods have […]

Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: Agent Orange, birth defects, clean-up, illness, U.S., veterans, Vietnam
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Auschwitz and the Holocaust

January 28th, 2013

By Tom Carter International Holocaust Remembrance Day, created in 2005 by a UN General Assembly resolution, coincides with the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by Soviet forces on January 27, 1945. This is the second of a series of three articles being re-published to observe this solemn day of remembrance. The Auschwitz complex consisted […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Auschwitz, death camp, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jews
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Remembering the Holocaust

January 27th, 2013

By Tom Carter International Holocaust Remembrance Day, created in 2005 by a UN General Assembly resolution, coincides with the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by Soviet forces on January 27, 1945. This is the first of a series of three articles being re-published to observe this solemn day of remembrance. The Auschwitz concentration camp […]

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Tags: Auschwitz, death camp, International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Thoughts on the Anniversary of General Robert E. Lee’s Birth

January 18th, 2013

By Dan Miller This is a “revised and extended” re-post of an article I wrote in 2011 to mark an anniversary of General Lee’s death. It celebrates the two hundred and sixth anniversary of his birth on January 19, 1807, a happier occasion. Today, January 18th, is also Lee – Jackson Day in Virginia, as […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Civil War, Constitution, duty, honor, Robert E. Lee, tyranny, West Point
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