Why I Won’t Speak Against Trump In God’s Name
Americans were warned that not electing the 2012 Republican presidential candidate would have consequences, but probably didn’t expect the Donald Trump phenomenon to be one of them. Like begets like, but an extreme begets its opposite. Barack Obama was the anti-Bush,...
Matthew Hart tells us about the power of gold…
Gold is that timeless symbol of wealth that never goes out of style. How and why did this element rise to dominate finance through the ages? Matthew Hart - who has also written about the history of diamonds - tells us about gold in this Friday's History in Five...
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
Michael Shelden tells us about young Winston Churchill’s challenges
You've read a lot here about the legendary Winston Churchill, and for good reason! There is much to learn from his leadership and life story. In this week's History in Five Friday segment, we hear from Michael Shelden, author of Young Titan: The Making of Winston...
Introducing Cute Girls Read…
Check out this new video book series at www.facebook.com/CuteGirlsRead!
Aspiring poet joins White House staff and beyond: John Taliaferro tells the story of John Hay
Behind-the-scenes stories are perhaps my favorite historical records, and this one gives us a glimpse of what it was like to start out as a White House staffer during the Lincoln administration. John Hay had poetic aspirations, but his writing talent caught Abe's eye...
Humanity is endowed by the Creator, not computers. Freddy was not “humanized” by the post-production effects, he was simply portrayed to have a precocious taste for Doritos chips!
Read the rest of my Live Action News article here to learn about what NARAL overlooked in its low-blow rant against a Doritos Super Bowl commercial: http://liveactionnews.org/naral-missed-doritos-ultrasound-ad-features-filmmakers-preborn-son/
History in Five Friday: David Maraniss on Vince Lombardi
It's the weekend of Super Bowl L (50), and to commemorate the national game, we've brought some football stories to the History Author Show. Listen to the History in Five Friday segment with David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Story of Vince...
Grandmomma’s 55-year-old dress, a little piece of history
Samantha Schroeder, “Trying To Be Sexy Instead Of Elegant Is Juvenile,” for The Federalist
History in Five Friday: Richard Rhodes on the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was on my mind when selecting this Friday's segment because Joshua introduced me to Casablanca on my birthday last week (which happened to be the 73rd anniversary of the film's release). Our hero, Rick Blaine, fought in it on the Loyalist...
History in Five Friday: Andrew Kaufman on Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”
Tolstoy was a household name when I was growing up because my father's master thesis at Cornell University centered on the insightful Russian author and his passion for education. There is much to learn about the former soldier and teacher whose writing revolutionized...
