# politics
Crazy 1930s-40s Extremists Who Tried to Rewrite Japan’s History
The Japanese people, both inside Japan and in immigrant communities outside the home islands, had to deal with some bizarre…
Assassins: The Medieval Murder Cult That Terrorized the Middle East
Long before modern Middle Eastern terrorism, there was the medieval Order of Assassins, a murderous cult led by a mysterious…
Demos: The Men Who Made and Perfected Ancient Athenian Democracy
Ancient Athens is often referred to as "The Cradle of Western Civilization". The impact and influence of its political and…
SPQR: The Men Who Made and Secured the Roman Republic
It has been more than two thousand years since the Roman Republic collapsed, to be replaced by a de facto…
Suffer the Children: The Tragic Fate of Vulnerable Kids in Canadian Governmental Care
Throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Canadian authorities forcibly seized Indigenous children, then raised them in boarding schools…
Tough Teddy and Old Hickory: America’s Most Badass Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt got into boxing in his youth, and continued to box well into middle age in the White House.…
Grudge Matches, Beefs, and Rivalries Petty and Grand of Famous Historic Figures
A grudge can crop up for trifling reasons, only to take on a life of its own and get serious…
Abraham Lincoln, Hall of Fame Wrestler, and Other American President Facts
President Lincoln is enshrined not only in the Lincoln Memorial, but also in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. In…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Spanking Fetish, and Other Famous People’s Unexpected Behavior
Many famous and well known people have unexpected – and sometimes downright weird – traits that are not so well…
10 Things We Owe to the French Revolution of 1789
The French Revolution of 1789 had a greater political, intellectual, and cultural impact, than any other revolution in history. It…