Blacks in the Revolutionary War: Some known, most not Feb 24, 2007
That black, Oliver Cromwell, saw nearly seven years of service with the Second New Jersey Regiment. He fought at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Monmouth, and Yorktown, where he knocked the British about lively. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
History repeated Feb 21, 2007
Nancy Pelosi is no Oliver Cromwell. But let's return to the present day. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Readers choose book that outlines a Christian's response to attack Feb 13, 2007
South Africans and people everywhere need to refuse to support any laws that leave them defenseless against murderers, robbers, rapists and arsonists," he said. Van Wyk's book also discusses that responsibility to be ready to provide a defense, and whether shooting back is justified. The tragedy left 11 parishioners at St. James Church dead that day July 25, 1993 and another 58 wounded. But his actions are credited with saving dozens, perhaps hundreds of lives. The book instantly became a South... (WorldNetDaily)
Geneva version, older than King James, resurrected Jan 30, 2007
During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell issued a pamphlet containing excerpts from the Geneva Bible to his troops. William Bradford cited the Geneva Bible in his book "Of Plymouth Plantation.". (WorldNetDaily)
Viva la revolution Jan 16, 2007
John Hampden, a landowner in Buckinghamshire and a cousin of Oliver Cromwell refused to pay the tax on principle. It became a very important principle. (BBC News -- UK)
Spotsylvanians are being shortsighted about VRE Jan 14, 2007
I wonder if anyone remembers studying Oliver Cromwell or the Massachusetts Colonies in school. Enforced participation in anything usually brings about negative results. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)