January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 338 days remaining until the end of the year (339 in leap years). Holidays Christian Feast Day: Saint Angela Merici Devota (Monaco) Sava (Serbia) January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) John Chrysostom, Doctor, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 CE (commemoration, Anglicanism) Liberation of the remaining inmates of […]

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius   Confucius (551–479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other schools during the Hundred […]

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of the year (340 in leap years). Holidays Australia Day (Australia) Christian Feast Day: Alberic Paula Timothy and Titus January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Duarte Day (Dominican Republic) Liberation Day (Uganda) Republic Day (India) History In 1340,  King Edward […]

“Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions,” stated General Douglas MacArthur in Lansing, Michigan, May 15, 1952. Douglas MacArthur was born JANUARY 26, 1880. He commanded in France during World War I. He was superintendent of West Point, 1919-20. In 1930, at age 50, Douglas MacArthurbecame the youngest Chief of Staff of the U.S. […]

Americans often hear about executive orders in media coverage of national politics these days, especially when the president and Congress disagree on policy. But what exactly is an executive order? And why was it such a big deal, for example, that President Barack Obama moved to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation using his executive powers? Put simply, an […]

January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 340 days remaining until the end of the year (341 in leap years). Holidays Burns Night (Scotland and Scottish community) Christian Feast Day: Dydd Santes Dwynwen, Welsh Valentine’s Day (Wales) Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and […]

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of the year (342 in leap years). Holidays Christian feast day: Cadoc (Wales) Francis de Sales January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Li Tim-Oi (Episcopal Church (USA)) St. Timothy and St. Titus, Apostolic men, (commemoration, Anglicanism) Earliest day on which […]

January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 342 days remaining until the end of the year (343 in leap years). Holidays Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island) Christian Feast Day: Abakuh Marianne of Molokai Emerentiana Ildephonsus of Toledo Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA)) January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) National Pie Day (United States of […]

January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of the year (344 in leap years). Holidays Christian Feast Day: Anastasius of Persia Vincent of Saragossa Vincent, Orontius, and Victor Blessed William Joseph Chaminade January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Reunion Day (Ukraine) Answer Your Cat’s Question Day Celebration […]

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! Bob Marley Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley was a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim. Starting […]

January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 344 days remaining until the end of the year (345 in leap years). Holidays Christian Feast Day: Agnes Fructuosus Meinrad of Einsiedeln January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Errol Barrow Day (Barbados) Flag Day (Quebec) Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic) National Hug Day (United States) […]

January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining until the end of the year (346 in leap years). In the ancient astronomy, it is the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius. In some years it is Aquarius, but others Capricorn. It depends on the year. Holidays Armed Forces Day (Mali) […]

So President Trump is not the Only One BY Travis Dorman | Knoxville News Sentinel After making history by being impeached, President Andrew Johnson lambasted his political opponents, painted himself as a persecuted hero and skipped his successor’s inauguration as he finished up his single term in office. Sound familiar? If President Donald Trump follows through with his plan to snub President-elect Joe Biden’s […]

January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 346 days remaining until the end of the year (347 in leap years). Holidays Birthday of Edgar Allan Poe (commemorated by the Poe Toaster at his grave in Baltimore) Christian Feast Day: Henry of Uppsala Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax Mark of Ephesus Pontianus of […]

Original Post by Mark Alexander Today we take a moment to remember the birth anniversary of Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), one of the greatest military commanders in American history. He was also a great man of faith who gave his all for the cause of liberty and states’ rights. There were many honorable men of the Confederate States of America, […]

January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 347 days remaining until the end of the year (348 in leap years). Holidays Christian feast day: Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church) Cyril of Alexandria Saint Margaret of Hungary Prisca Volusianus of Tours Deicolus Amy Carmichael (Church of England) January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) […]

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 348 days remaining until the end of the year (349 in leap years). Holidays Christian Feast Day: Anthony the Great (Roman Catholic and Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church) Blessed Amelbert Mildgytha Sulpitius the Pious January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) National Day (Minorca) The opening ceremony of […]

by Jake Macaulay Imagine you were playing football against a very determined opponent and a new rule was introduced. According to this new rule of play, your team could actually never have possession of the football. Every time you received a kick-off, or recovered a fumble, or intercepted a pass, or even when you took over on downs, play would […]

“There is in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against wrong, a love of truth and a veneration of virtue … if the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice…” John Adams (1775) wrote in a letter to the Massachusetts’s Bay Readers The full letter […]

January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 349 days remaining until the end of the year (350 in leap years). Holidays Christian Feast Day: Pope Marcellus I Blessed Joseph Vaz Berard of Carbio Fursey Honoratus of Arles Titian of Oderzo January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Flag Day or Magen David Day (Israel) […]