by The Standard | Oct 20, 2020 | Bill Connor
In the ancient world, when nations conquered their foes, they followed familiar patterns. Generally, the conqueror would execute most adults of the elite and educated class. They would destroy the memorials of the defeated nation’s past, and destroy the sacred places....
by The Standard | Sep 22, 2020 | Bill Connor
As a newly commissioned Second Lieutenant, I first took the oath of office as an Army Officer thirty years ago. I recall the sacred importance of the oath, as I was pledging my life and potential death in fidelity to those words. Unique among nations, the oath of all...
by The Standard | Sep 12, 2020 | Bill Connor
As a newly commissioned Second Lieutenant, I first took the oath of office as an Army Officer thirty years ago. I recall the sacred importance of the oath, as I was pledging my life and potential death in fidelity to those words. Unique among nations, the oath of all...
by The Standard | Sep 6, 2020 | Bill Connor
Vladimir Lenin during Russian Revolution, 1917. In the wake of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917, Communists throughout Europe believed Communism would quickly flourish throughout the world. Karl Marx had predicted that Communism was...
by The Standard | Aug 24, 2020 | Bill Connor
Only a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic, a groundbreaking poll was published highighting the shocking pace of decline of Christianity in America. This Pew research poll, published in Oct 17, 2019...
by The Standard | Aug 6, 2020 | Bill Connor
After the initial shock and emotion over the George Floyd killing, Americans are waking up to an insidious movement using the emotion for ulterior purposes. Groups with Marxist ideology have brazenly infiltrated the protests and used the protests to further their...