Colonial New England pulpit—where so much of America as a nation was born, ideologically  The Foundation of American Liberty Series: American History Documentary Series on Our Christian Roots “Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” —George Orwell, 1984 In our time, the history books have been rewritten, and […]

In eight years, America will celebrate a major milestone—the 400th anniversary of Boston. I passed through Boston’s airport in 2021 and noticed that they seem to be gearing up for this milestone with lots of signs and images celebrating major events in Boston’s history. Alas, they grossly underplayed the role of the Puritans in this […]

In 1629, the first American balloting for an election occurred in Salem, Massachusetts. The issue? Choosing a minister and choosing a Christian teacher for the colony. “Such is the origin of the use of the ballot on this continent; [Samuel] Skelton was chosen pastor and [Francis] Higginson teacher.”  So writes George Bancroft, an early American […]

November 2021 marked the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving New Video Documentary Tells the Pilgrim Story ***Get your own copy through streaming at salemnow.com*** Thanksgiving 2021 was a milestone—Thanksgiving was first celebrated 400 years ago in 1621. There is a new Providence Forum documentary telling the true story of the Pilgrims. In their own […]

While America has unquestionably had deep racial problems and an agonizing history of oppressing Black people through slavery, Jim Crow, and other outrages, it seems that there are some among us who do not ever want to see the problems solved—or to admit progress in any form. There are those who make enormous profits, both […]