Tag: Civil War

One Country, United

When Ulysses S. Grant entered the president’s office in 1869, echoes of the Civil War tensions that he helped to resolve still reverberated in his mind—and in the nation at large. In response, he commissioned a set of paintings to represent the Union’s indivisibility and to symbolize the nation’s post-war recovery. “Liberty” by Constantino Brumidi is mounted…


PREMIERING 10 PM ET: Persecuted But Not Forsaken | America’s Hope (July 18)

A dramatic fight for freedom: Chinese Christian pastor Bob Fu was imprisoned because of his faith in God, but escaped from a communist prison in China. He shares his remarkable story tonight on America’s Hope with Kelly Wright. …


The American Left Seeks Permanent Division

Commentary Cynicism about the prospects for human civilization relates directly to our unfortunate propensity to wage war on rival families, tribes, nations, empires or alliances. History often appears to be just one darn battle after another. Foreign wars are ugly, destructive, and deadly, but within a culturally diverse state, they often improve national solidarity. G. K….


Top 5 Civil War Movies

In what will likely be my last in a series of Top 5 war-movie lists, I’ve taken on the unenviable task of paring over two dozen truly excellent motion pictures down to five. If this is my final war Top 5, I’m happy and proud to be going out on such a high note. Since…


James Walker’s ‘The Battle of Lookout Mountain’

The 13-foot by 30-foot “Battle of Lookout Mountain” painting has only been on display at the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center since 1986. For close to half a century, it lay wrapped up and out of view. How the painting came about requires travelers to visit Chattanooga, Tennessee, which borders Chickamauga, Georgia. Significant Civil War…


Experts Say ‘Biggest Losers’ Are Sudanese Civilians Trapped in Escalating Hostilities

When brutal fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group on April 15, human rights monitor and freelance videographer Gouja Ahmed never thought leaving his house had turned from an option into a matter of life and death. “There are no means to earn money…


[PREMIERING NOW] More Divided Than Ever, Time for National Divorce?

Civil War America was split by region: north and south. Today, it’s worse—divided not just politically but socially, too, with the working- and middle-class versus the laptop elites. Should we part ways before it gets even worse? Or maybe the solution to our troubled union is found in the Constitution. In this controversial new episode…


More Divided Than Ever, Time for National Divorce?

Civil War America was split by region: north and south. Today, it’s worse—divided not just politically but socially, too, with the working- and middle-class versus the laptop elites. Should we part ways before it gets even worse? Or maybe the solution to our troubled union is found in the Constitution. In this controversial new episode…


[Premiering at 10AM ET] More Divided Than Ever, Time for National Divorce?

Civil War America was split by region: north and south. Today, it’s worse—divided not just politically but socially, too, with the working- and middle-class versus the laptop elites. Should we part ways before it gets even worse? Or maybe the solution to our troubled union is found in the Constitution. In this controversial new episode…


‘The Romance of Rosy Ridge’ From 1947: After the Civil War

Commentary Many movies have been made about the American Civil War, since it was one of the most strife-filled times in U.S. history. Arguably, the most famous Civil War movie from Hollywood’s Golden Era is “Gone with the Wind” from 1939, but this Academy Award-winner paved the way for more movies set in the Old…