Theodore Roosevelt’s two eldest sons shared their father’s passion for the outdoors and traveled to Asia in search of the ...

In the Marine Corps, the proportion was closer to 28 percent. Latinas are more represented in the military than in the ...

The English proverb that ‘a burnt child dreads fire’ seems not to have sunk into the minds of the civilised nations. The destructive wars they have had have not taught them enough lessons. On the ...

Ludlow, Colorado, 1914: eleven thousand mine workers had been on strike for seven months against John D. Rockefeller’s ...

I loved the Fourth. I mean, as an 11-year-old back in those halcyon days of the ‘50’s, who wouldn’t have? Up in the morn, gobbling down Corn Flakes, running down Skinner to the park, joining the guys ...

I tend to throw a lot of history in with my recipes. I promise that next week (or maybe the week after that!) I’ll talk only about food. With Independence Day looming later this week, however, history ...

The history of the world is far deeper, broader, and stranger than just political backstabbing, epic battles, and dusty ...

Local Council elections were held in Sri Lanka on 06 May, 2025, to elect representatives to Municipal Councils, Urban ...

Here are the times Hollywood depicted women in the military and how they contributed, including some of the best war movies ...

While Concordes operated by British Airways and Air France became the airplane of choice for trans-Atlantic travel – albeit ...

We fear driverless cars more than student drivers, perhaps because they challenge our need to be in control. Like infants, we ...

Every semester I’d begin my American literature class by asking students how many had encountered their favorite book in just such a classroom. Almost nobody raised a hand.