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The Ochelli Effect – Jefferson’s History Current Mysteries

From Ochelli.com In the first hour of our Tuesday show Authors, Mike Swanson and Carmine Savastano discussed Thomas Jefferson. When did the narrative of judgment shift on this founding father? Has the revision of American history gone amok? Are Jefferson’s ideas about racial identity anything special when compared to his contemporaries? Is the icon or […]

Social Control Emerging as ISIS Motive for Erasing Cultural Heritage in Syria

DAMASCUS — Among these patriots are regular citizens as well as the stellar nationalist employees of Syria’s Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) who this observer has interviewed extensively over the past nearly three years as they elucidate why ISIS destroys and loots our irreplaceable antiquities. This observer’s research has been augmented by other eyewitnesses, some who are themselves former jihadists or their victims, to ISIS looting and its distribution of franchises to sell off our shared cultural heritage give witness.