“Did slavery make the South rich?”
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Money does not exist. Only its value does. Go to the bank and ask to see the $1,000 in your
Why Are High Schools Graduating Illiterate Seniors? If you really want to know what is happening in America’s schools, do
Coming Out of the Water Dry (The 1838 Missouri Extermination Order) “The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must
When Detective Heinz Noonan arrives in Spokane to investigate a simple case of double obituaries, he has no idea he’s
Detective Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Homes,” is sent to Virginia Beach, North Carolina, to find 30 antique Christian crosses that
Why would anyone steal something that has no value? And then stick the insurance company for a ten-million-dollar loss? That’s
How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in
The Alaska Gold Rush is the least studied era of United States history. If you pull up Alaska Gold Rush
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
Yes, it is! Because the British Navy was prohibited from ruling on land, AND there
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
This is a juggernaut, the origin of the term for a huge, powerful, and overwhelming
When hard-core Russian Marxist writer Maxim Gorky came to America, his hosts took him to
Snazzy home, right? Actually, it’s – or was – a microwave repeater. As late as
America has no standards, no royal families, no special people. If you are good and
Louis XI of France, 3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483, was a master of
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
There is a stark lesson in the Brett Kavanaugh nomination imbroglio. It is as old
It is easy to talk about ‘the good old days.’ Unfortunately those memories are only
One of the constants in America is discrimination against some ethnic, religious or cultural group.
The true value of education is keep you from making a fool of yourself
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
Legend has it the Persian emperor Jamsheed loved grapes so much he stored them in
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
One of the most iconic images of the Arctic for tourists is the blanket toss.
It is easy to write-off Sonny Bono as a second-rate singer, third-rate actor and fourth-rate
A highly-lauded Wyoming mountain man in his day was John Johnson. In fact, he was
Nothing pictures. We all have them. Photographs of, well, nothing in particular. Not worth savings
As you are reading this, are being quarantined offshore in San Francisco because they might
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.