“Where’s Skid Row?”

“Where’s Skid Row?”

In many cities, “skid road” or “skid row” is the designation of a very poor

Pickett’s Charge

Pickett’s Charge

Robert E. Lee and General George Pickett – of Pickett’s Charge – had a testy

“You can’t have it both ways!”

“You can’t have it both ways!”

In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally

“Don’t mess with me, your highness.”

“Don’t mess with me, your highness.”

Louis XI of France, 3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483, was a master of

Meet “Lemonade Lucy” Hayes

Meet “Lemonade Lucy” Hayes

History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation.  A case in point is that of

“We’ve come a long way, brother.”

“We’ve come a long way, brother.”

There is an old folk song whose chorus goes, “We’ve come a long way, brother.”

“I want my steak RAW!”

“I want my steak RAW!”

Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect.  In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of

“You’re under arrest!”

“You’re under arrest!”

One of the first female United States Deputy Marshals was Ada Carnutt.  One of her

“He fired the last shot in the Civil War!”

“He fired the last shot in the Civil War!”

Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy

“Hey!  What’s in that bottle?!”

“Hey! What’s in that bottle?!”

Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,

“What happens if  you cannot assert your rights?”

“What happens if you cannot assert your rights?”

During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing

“Why do Christians use the fish as a symbol?”

“Why do Christians use the fish as a symbol?”

No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five