Guess who was standing on the beach in 1492 getting “discovered” by Christopher Columbus? Guess who taught the Pilgrims how to survive New England Winters? Yes, those we celebrate on this NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICANS DAY! The people usually left out of Columbus Day celebrations called the Americas “The World,” not the New World, and didn’t exactly …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/9/23 – NATIVE AMERICANS DAY! Read More »
The place was Runnymede, England, the King was John, the language of the document was Latin. Still, this was a world history-changing day for every nation, and we rightfully celebrate INTERNATIONAL MAGNA CARTA DAY! In what seems today like a grudging admission from a king that his will was not absolute and that people other …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 6/15/23 – MAGNA CARTA DAY! Read More »
The official name of this holiday is the completely unreasonable and very United Nationish “International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims,” so we’ll just go with INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY! As usual, there’s a lot of tyranny and oppression going on in this …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 3/24/23 – INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY! Read More »
You hear this a lot, never discuss religion or politics. And yet, that’s all we seem to do since these are two very juicy subjects. Besides, it’s Easter and Passover, and politics is always in season. People find it hard to avoid discussing the things that make them tick. Only trouble is, these little chats …
