Trump’s jackboots sow disorder wherever they’re deployed. That’s the point. Federal troops may be standing down in...
Month: August 2020
Experts examine videos showing officers using tear gas, pepper balls and explosives on protesters. By Talia Buford,...
The young republic might have ceased to exist and may have become a mere footnote in the...
The American Revolution established the general outlines of the future Ordnance Department. By Karl RubisOrdnance Branch HistorianUnited...
Mysteries in general are very exciting as they have a way of letting our minds wander and...
They improved ways of doing things that influenced the Scientific Revolution in Europe centuries later. Introduction In...
Exploring how the Islamic faith quickly spread throughout Arabia and beyond. Introduction Muhammad was born around 570...
Saints were sometimes associated with protecting animals, particularly in magical texts or ‘charms’. St Francis of Assisi...
The earliest account of demon sex in Jewish and Christian traditions comes from the Book of Genesis....
When someone, especially a smart housewife, decides to buy cookware, whether it is anodized or any other...
Russian-affiliated Twitter accounts changed what they posted about in ways that shed light on how they work....
In the early 1980s Elsie and Frances admitted that the photographs were faked. Introduction The Cottingley Fairies...
How a Kentucky grifter and his partner pulled off one of the era’s most spectacular scams –...
The resultant public mockery of the hoax created panic within the medical profession and ruined the careers...
The document’s validity had been contested since 1001 CE until finally proven to be a forgery. Introduction...
Though the modern video gaming industry is constantly involved in the development and marketing of video games,...
The modern gaming industry is exceptionally engaging. You can play an awful lot of incredible games right...
In 1800, postal officials began using selected post offices as distribution centers. 1808 Overview When we reflect...
The Postal Service Act, signed by President George Washington on February 20, 1792, established the Post Office...
Lincoln was that rare bird, a man who dealt in moral ideas without falling into moralism and...
Seeing Lincoln’s nationalism from an unlikely, and fresh, perspective: its connection, via the Enlightenment, to classical antiquity....
America has certainly had a lot of experience in difficulties in the change of governments in the...
Lincoln was presiding over a bloody civil war with waning popularity. But he steadfastly rejected pleas to...
Exploring the key events that contributed to the decline of feudalism in Europe from the 12th through...
Exploring the political and economic system that developed in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Introduction Historians...
An unusually civil armistice in the most punishing conflict ever fought on American soil. One hundred and...
The loudest booms people had ever heard and the powerful stench of death on a staggering scale....
At the time period of Samuel Colt’s patent, the United States was on the verge of starting...
The contemporary Second Amendment debate is founded on serious misunderstandings. Introduction The Second Amendment is one of...
Although he became one of the founders of neuroscience, as a young man Ramón y Cajal wanted...