The oath of military enlistment states:
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign...
"Society ... must repose on principles that do not change" -- wrote Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748, Book 24.
Montesquieu was a French political philosopher whose books...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, in a recent interview, stating that Trump lacks the understanding to effectively end the war in Ukraine.
The most common form of government in world history is power concentrated into the hands of one person.
This person is called by different names in different countries: King, Khan,...
Japanese Emperor Meiji allowed many freedoms during the Meiji Restoration, 1868-1912.
The country industrialized, adopted many Western ideas, allowed voting, ended feudalism, permitted private citizens to own land,...
The United Nations officially began October 24, 1945.Its name was coined by President Franklin Roosevelt.
The United Nations' charter was drafted in the Garden Room of San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel.
The Charter meeting did not...
In 1655, British Admiral William Penn, the father of Pennsylvania's founder, captured Jamaica from the Spanish.
As Jamaica was too far from England be defended, inhabitants turned to privateers, freebooters, buccaneers and pirates...
