Grantian Florilegium

During his term as Vice-President, Thomas Jefferson traveled to Baltimore on official business. He asked for a room in the city’s best hote...

In 1659, John Locke published his defense of Biblical orthodoxy, The Reasonableness of Christianity. It would be the prototype for the stud...

It was on this day in 1963 that nearly a quarter of a million people gathered in Washington, DC for a peaceful demonstration to promote civi...

It was also on this day--in the year 430--that theologian, author, apologist and philosopher St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo went home to be ...

Also on this day in 1736, a man witnessed a mid-air collision of two large flocks of birds. The impact was such that over 180 birds fell to...

Like the plot in one of his best-selling novels, the life of John Buchan was full of improbable adventures and prodigious achievements. He ...

Thinking about a new academic year always forces me to recall first principles and enduring truths: "Our greatest inheritance, the very...

In reading a preview copy of the brilliant new book by Ben House, Punic Wars and Culture Wars, I came across this delightful definition fr...

On this day in 1784, the settlers in what is today East Tennessee declared their independence. They elected a legislature and named John Se...

One of the very first books printed in Scotland, was a verse biography of the great national hero, William Wallace, composed sometime late i...