“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
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
One hundred and 13 years ago, my 19-year-old grandfather arrived in San Francisco on his
Never underestimate the drive to be informed or educated. In the days of the Wild
In the 1870s, America’s foremost – and first – political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, attacked Boss
Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by
St. Audry – also known as Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; 4 March 636 – 23
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
Graciously historically, scientifically, and forensically stated, there was some cannibalism associated with the Donner Party.
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
In the teens, someone who was incredibly stupid was known as being “as cunning as
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
Wilson Mizner, the loveable scoundrel of the Alaska Gold Rush, worked as a bartender in
America has no standards, no royal families, no special people. If you are good and
Truth is NOT a matter of perspective. What is true remains the same from every
This is as Alaskan as you can get. What you are seeing is a line
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but