Politics
When the Presidents of the United States Were Young and Handsome
The 8 Worst Speeches in Modern Political History
Plato once wrote that we should be suspicious of persuasive speakers. He was in a perfect position to judge. Throughout…
Treason! 12 of History’s Most Notorious Traitors From Ancient Times to the 20th Century
"Traitor" is a heavy word laden with ugly connotations of deception and dishonesty - the kind of disreputable and disgusting…
Mother Teresa: 8 Reasons Why Some Believe She Was No Saint
Mother Teresa received 120 prestigious awards and honors during her lifetime, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her…
This Man Was the Only US President to Not Speak English as a Native Language
America has always been a nation of immigrants. It's part of the national mythology. The idea of the immigrant arriving…
From the Battlefield to Fame and Celebrity: 12 Famous World War II Veterans
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/lenny-bruces-gay-naval-ruse We often view celebrities and famous people solely through the lens of what we see on screen, or what…
Frustrated Ambitions: The 10 Stages of How the Roman Republic Became an Empire
Born out of the expulsion of Rome’s monarchy in the late sixth century BC, the Roman Republic lasted for over…
10 Well-Known US Figures Affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan
Three different iterations of the organization called the Ku Klux Klan have emerged on the American landscape. Twice the group…
Graphic Images from the 1979 KKK Shootout in North Carolina
The Greensboro Massacre occurred on November 3, 1979, when members of a splinter cell of the Communist Workers’ Party known…
Disturbing Photographs from Inside the Japanese Internment Camps
The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration of between 110,000-120,000 people of…