Manifest means something that is obvious and easy to see, and destiny is something meant to be in the future, or fate. Put these two together and you have manifest destiny. But what does it mean that something is easy to see and meant to be, and how does it relate to the United Sta...
for America and the West, he’s been a disaster and a deeply unsettling embarrassment to both man and God. He’s more polarizing than Trump and twice as dangerous. He sees Evil that does not exist
You, you who have devoured the vineyard; the loot wrested from the poor is in your houses.15 What do you mean by crushing my people, and grinding down the faces of the poor? says the Lord, the God of hosts. The Haughty Women of Zion[k] 16 The Lord said: Because the daughters of...
What does Boxer Rebellion mean? What belief contributed to the Boxer Rebellion? What was the Boxer Rebellion a response to? What was the goal of the Boxer Rebellion? What caused the North-West Rebellion? What caused the Rebellion of 1837?
In the second sentence in Part II of 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge', the word secessionist is used. What does that sentence mean? Examine the meaning of 'encompassed in a luminous cloud, of which he was now merely the fiery heart, without mat...
What does badger mean in Old English? This theory is supported by the fact that a common term for the badger in Middle and Early Modern English was bauson, which comes from the Old French word bausent, meaning "piebald, having a coat with black and white patches," and also "badger."...
In this old order, humans were comfortable with the idea that equality doesn’t mean anything and does not exist in reality. If anything, equality is a dangerous reality. As al-Hassan (the son of Ali bin Abi Taleb) is reported to have said in a cryptic way: “if all men were equal...
Acknowledging the pure ugliness of the very concept of slavery and recognizing that its preservation was the primary reason for the secession of the southern states I am still forced to ask a question.When will the politically correct crowd “call off the dogs”?
when its people were first promised the right to decide if they wanted to be a part of the country's north or south.1 In 2011, they missed a second opportunity to vote on the territory's final status when the southern part of the country gained its independence.2 Last year, former Sou...
"Calexit" refers to the concept of the secession of California from the United States, after which it would become an independent country. The word is a portmanteau of "California" and "exit," which is based on similar coinages such asGrexitandBrexit. The term came to the foreground in th...