“What’s the problem? It’s just a selfie!”
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
Seen this before, right? Well, did you notice the bundles of twigs beneath both his
In less then two years we will be remembering the day liquor was illegal in
The middle of the 1700s, farmers would put young pigs in a burlap ‘bag’ to
Just across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, a booming metropolis of 26,255 in 2010,
You cannot tell some people to ‘be normal.’ And particularly not a woman in the
This photo encapsulates me as a writer and an American. As both writer and American,
The great power of art is to transcend its components. Anyone can splash paint on
In 1925, Francis X. Bushman wanted the part of Messala in the upcoming production of
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
John Wesley Hardin stands out as the most ruthless killer in not only the Old
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
Keep this photograph in mind next time you go to your local store and buy
This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the
Like your job? Like your doctor? Have you thanked your grandmother lately? (Or your great-grandmother
During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing
This is one of those “Really?!” photographs. This is actually an excellent representation of our
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect. In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of
Anthony "Tony" Dimond, Alaska's lone delegate to the United States Congress from 1933 to 1944,
Today, Horace Greeley is best known for his advice, “Go West, young man, and grow