“Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.”
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
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
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
There’s been a lot of talk about who was on the Titanic. How about the
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
Unless you live in Alaska, this photograph will have no meaning at all. To those
No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five
Before there was a Wild West, bandanas were the rage in England among the wealthy.
Constructed to be the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower
When you make something illegal, all you do is raise its price. Marijuana smokers in
The single, most important reason to read history – ANY HISTORY – is because things
I’ll bet you are thinking what I was thinking when I first saw this children’s
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
The cleverest people are usually the least credited in history. Take English Sea Captain Woodes
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
One of the easiest things to say is “I’m smart.” This implies thinking is not
Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
Here’s a glimpse of the authentic “Western” sound! Not a guitar or banjo to be
As a writer, my mantra is “If you don’t have something unique, you have nothing.”
One of the historical tidbits students miss is the importance of the United States Postal
Until the movie PATTON, in 1970, General George S. Patton, was largely a forgotten hero.
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea