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There's a lot of talk about the war on Christmas these days - with many who aim to be more politically-correct trying to whisk the reason for the season under the rug.  While you could look at this modern-day battle in America as a recent development, it isn't.  In fact - the war against Christmas has been waged since the colonial days of our country.

My Brother in law moved from Great Britain to America and wanted to be a citizen of the United States so he had to take a naturalization test. He once asked me some of the questions and I was embarrassed that I didn't know some of them.

(Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)Have you ever wondered exactly who owns guns in America? I think this graph will answer all your questions. According to an article in the Atlantic Wire, these stats, came from  Nate Silver, who used data from a 2008 national exit poll for this graph. Read the graph to break down the statistics as to who owns the guns in America. I was actually surprised when I r

In a recent list of the happiest and saddest cities compiled by Men’s Health, it should come as no shock that residents of Honolulu, Hawaii are the most blissful. But sun, sand, and surf aren’t always enough. In fact, a few of the 10 cities with the unhappiest people have plenty of all three.

For a professional singer, there are few gaffes more embarrassing than flubbing a line from 'The Star Spangled Banner.' (Are you listening, Christina Aguilera?) But when these pint-sized patriots get caught up on the lyrics, well, it's just flat-out adorable. The more mess ...

American popular music has been around since before America even declared its independence. ‘Yankee Doodle,’ anyone? That classic was sung by Colonial American soldiers as early as The French and Indian War. Since then, our country has established one of the richest musical traditions in the world. Many songs even deal with America itself, from ‘God Bless America’ to ‘God Bless the USA.’ Here’s a

The world was brought to a standstill late Sunday evening when President Barack Obama confirmed that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. operatives in Pakistan. Americans quickly gathered to celebrate outside the White House, and before you knew it, New Yorkers were gathering in Times Square and at Ground Zero, as well...

According to census data, the divorce rate in rural Americans has increased seven-fold since 1970. Now, for the first time, rural Americans are just as likely as city dwellers to have a marriage end in a divorce. Experts attribute this explosion in divorce in America's heartland to changing values; divorce is no longer as stigmatized as it once was.