“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 one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
The middle of the 1700s, farmers would put young pigs in a burlap ‘bag’ to
In Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush, Scurvy Bill, Two Tooth Mike and Half-Kid, stole
In the early days of football, the referees wore white shirts with bowties. But often,
Like your job? Like your doctor? Have you thanked your grandmother lately? (Or your great-grandmother
The Golden Age of Hollywood glamorized the cowboy and the Wild West. Unfortunately, what appeared
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
The true value of education is keep you from making a fool of yourself
President Calvin Coolidge could be a prankster. He would sometimes page a Secret Service agent.
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
William Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an African American soldier
My father, a Holocaust refugee, spoke four language fluently and read Greek and Latin. But
The greatest power of writing is offering the reader a new perspective. ANYONE can write
Snazzy home, right? Actually, it’s – or was – a microwave repeater. As late as
This is not photoshop. These are actual combat soldier during World War II and many
Next time you are sitting in an airport terminal and complaining about how tough travel
The Aleutian Island chain in Alaska is infamous for its unpredictable weather patterns. This is
He was James Brown Miller and he was a hired killer, from 1861 until he
Yup, it’s a sea horse. (No Photoshop necessary.) The scientific name for the seahorse is
Wanna party?! This is a photograph of an ‘entertaining’ evening in Koyukuk in 1900, just