The Commonplace Book of Amanda Read Sheik

Samantha Schroeder, “The Cult of Ugliness: America’s Fashion Crisis,” for Acculturated.com

History in Five Friday: Jean Edward Smith on Grant

There's evidence that I have both Grant and Lee in my bloodline, but living in the Heart of Dixie the most you see of the former is probably on the $50 bill! I remember Dad talking about Grant writing his memoirs to provide for his family while he was dying of cancer....

A Time For Action: Empowering the Faithful to Reclaim America by Rafael Cruz

"Where liberty dwells, there is my country," Benjamin Franklin reportedly mused. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty," Apostle Paul explained many centuries earlier. This pattern is the life story of Rafael Cruz and America alike. Liberty is found...

December 25th, 2 B.C. might have been the ‘first Christmas’ – a day of gift-giving in honor of the arrival of the Messiah

This Christmas I produced a special episode for the History Author Show. Read more about it at LukeHistorians.com, and listen to the podcast at HistoryAuthor.com. December 25, 2015 – Traditionally, December 25th has been celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ. But...

History in Five Friday: Barry Strauss on the Death of Caesar

The assassination that set the stage for Caesar Augustus to be in power - the emperor who ordered the census that resulted in prophecy of the birth of Christ being fulfilled in Bethlehem. Hear the History in Five episode...

Derrick Henry, 2015 Heisman Trophy winner and Alabama running back

There arose a generation that did not know Churchill knew the Lord…

For Sir Winston Churchill's birthday, read what his great-grandson Jonathan Sandys has discovered to fill a void in scholarship on Britain's wartime prime minister: his Christianity. Jonathan kindly took the time to have an interesting conversation with me about...

Last day of National Adoption Month – check out this sweet movie

Aptly titled Wanted, Nathan Jacobson’s award-winning short film tells the story of Luke (a compelling performance by Rusty Martin, Courageous), a foster child who is welcomed into a family home right before his eighteenth birthday. Because of his troubled upbringing,...

Geraldo Rivera’s humbling thoughts after his daughter, Simone, escaped the Paris terrorist attacks

Oh, France!

France gave us Baron Montesquieu, Marquis de Lafayette, Alexis de Tocqueville, the Louisiana Purchase, the language of diplomacy and dance, Blaise Pascal, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Frédéric Bastiat, Alexandre Dumas, Joan of Arc, Napoleon Bonaparte, Claude Monet, Claude...

Histocrats Interview With Amanda Read

7 Questions With Amanda Read, Co-Host of the History Author Show... It was my pleasure to speak with the history enthusiast website Histocrats about how history has been a lifelong inspiration for me that has turned into a profession. You might be interested in...