Simon Girty – Villain or Hero?
I have a friend who grew up in the 1930s in Ohio. She told me that even then, a century after his death, Simon...
Black Struggle for Equality in America – The New Deal
This is a Three Part Article: Battle for Civil Rights, The New Deal, and The Movement. This is Part 2 of 3.
The stock market...
Separation of Powers: Marbury v. Madison, Schechter Poultry Corp.
Since America's first wobbly, unsure steps forward as a nation, the concept of separation of powers has played a pivotal role in defining the...
Causes of the Great Depression
The Roaring Twenties for many was a great time of prosperity and economic growth. Unfortunately, the stock market crash in 1929 and the Great...
George Pollard: Ill-fated Captain and Inspiration for Moby-Dick
George Pollard, as fortune would have it, grew up on Nantucket (1791 - 1870), at a time when the little island off Massachusetts was...
The Real Story of the California Gold Rush
Yerba Buena is sleepy Spanish village (population 747) nestled on the central Pacific coast when gold is discovered nearby in 1848. It set off...
Joe Valachi Betrayed La Cosa Nostra, His People and His Friends
Valachi’s Early LifeGrowing up learning to be a low life delinquent, Valachi joined a small gang known as The Minutemen that specialized in small...
Thomas Jefferson’s Wall of Separation
In the late 18th Century and early 19th Century, the Catholic Church was under attack in large sections of Europe. The French Revolution was...
Ideology of the Gilded Age: Socialism and Capitalism
In the tumultuous age of the Industrial Revolution in America, some became very rich while others faced terrible poverty. Out of this dilemma came...
World War Two and Japan
Where is Hiroshima?
Hiroshima is located on the island of Honshu in Japan. It is approximately 426 miles from Tokyo. Hiroshima seemed to be the...