The Blue Collar Scholar

Benedict Arnold. What a tool! ... Except, we've discussed him before in this class. Thus far, he's been a positive figure, an asset to the American cause, one might even call him a war hero. So, what changed? How did Benedict Arnold become one of history's worst traitors?

There are few women who have significant political power in the Bible. The few who do have such power in the Bible are either seen as villains (see Athaliah), or she has power because of her marriage (see Esther), or both (see Jezebel). But in Judges, we are introduced to Deborah. She is the only judge of Israel who is female, and is also the only judge whose reign actually looks more like a "judge" than a military leader. She is, therefore, one of the most significant females in the text of

A rag-tag collection of young men went into Valley Forge for the winter of 1777-8. An army walked out of Valley Forge. But at least 2000 men died at the Valley Forge winter encampment - a place where no battle was fought - because of disease, malnutrition, and clothing so inadequate for the winter that the relatively mild winter of 1777-8 is still remembered in the American subconscious as the worst winter ever. In this episode, we will discuss the particulars of Valley Forge, and look at the