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“Please Hit ‘Subscribe’”! If you have received benefit from this or any of my other 4,600+ articles, please follow this blog by signing up (w your email Part two of a dialogue with anti-Catholic Reformed apologist & polemicist James Swan, about Protestant founder Martin Luther’s view of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Dorset families created some wonderful costumes to wear for World Book Day 2024

Daniel G. Clark continues his Iowa history series with an essay about Jerome Carskaddan, who was Alexander Clark's personal lawyer.

On January 15, 1827 two Patrician Brothers, Paul O’Connor and James Walsh, took up residence in Lombard Street and set up the Monastery School. The attendance on that first day was 300 boys, many of whom had little interest in learning because they were poor and hungry. So the Brothers set up The Poor Boy’s Breakfast Institute in May 1830. It continued seven days a week, 365 days a year for many years after the founders time. The breakfast consisted of porridge with molasses or treac...

Daniel G. Clark recalls Iowa Governor William Stone's advocacy for equal rights, including voting rights, during the 1860s.

Daniel G. Clark recounts the debate over Black suffrage from 1857, history which blows away the "No Racism in Iowa” fairy tale.

Henry completed the 26 mile run in around five hours. Credit: Dawn OConnor A Jersey teenager has raised more than £2,700 for charity by running a marathon. 16-year-old Henry OConnor set himself the challenge, which he completed on Saturday (13 February) to raise money for Jersey Hospice Care. They have been caring for his aunt Claire, who was diagnosed with cancer. Obviously Jersey Hospice takes care of the ill and theyve taken great care of my aunty, so I thought whilst were all in lockdown ...