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Custer’s Luck

Multiculturalism has won the battle for the right to tell our story.  All cultures, regardless of their particular practices or beliefs, deserve respect.  They must never be compared to ours, for this ultimately leads to judgements.  Judgements hurt people, and in this world, that is not allowed.  No where is this more prevalent than inContinue reading “Custer’s Luck”

The Other Custer

Thomas Ward Custer rode to his death… along side his brother at the battle of Little Big Horn.  The dynamic, rowdy pair had been soldiers nearly all their lives.  Tom followed in his older brother’s foot steps, enlisting in the Union army at the age of 16.  Though George achieved more fame, he thought the worldContinue reading “The Other Custer”

Revision Gone Awry

Historians must stop giving… credence to rumors of controversial historical figures fathering children with women they allegedly oppressed.  This has become standard operating procedure for writers wishing to gain notoriety in the historical profession.  Latch on to rumors, oral tradition, slander- and give it legitimacy through politically correct currents flowing through society.  Thomas Jefferson and Sally HemingsContinue reading “Revision Gone Awry”

Bad Medicine on the Battlefield

Myles Walter Keogh was born to be a soldier… the young Irish lad, stricken by the poverty of the Potato Famine, sought adventure and glory on the battlefield.  At the urging of the Catholic clergy young Keogh enlisted in the Papal army of Pious IX.  As a member of the Company of St. Patrick, Vatican Guards,Continue reading “Bad Medicine on the Battlefield”

Custer on Film

Hollywood has attempted to tell the Custer story…in no fewer than 25 films, and dozens of portrayals in television programs.  In the eyes of the movie industry, Custer must be portrayed as either a hero or villain.  Custer’s death at Little Big Horn is such a considerable part of the American story, his true characterContinue reading “Custer on Film”