Give the Navajo Nation Water

States that rely on water from the over-tapped Colorado River want the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lawsuit from the Navajo … More

How Many Countries has the US Invaded

While the Russian invasion of Ukraine dominated headlines in early 2022 and the countries Germany invaded were a vital part of World War II, the United States has itself been … More

Elizabeth “Eliza” Lucas Pinckney 

Elizabeth “Eliza” Lucas Pinckney (December 28, 1722 – May 27, 1793) transformed agriculture in colonial South Carolina, where she developed indigo as one of its … More

Amorica and America

When I was in Third Grade we were studying Early American History. It came right after a three-week session on … More

Upland South

The Upland South and Upper South are two overlapping cultural and geographic subregions in the inland part of the Southern and lower Midwestern United States. They differ from the Deep South and Atlantic … More

Plausible Deniability

When Kennedy assumed the presidency in January 1961, he inherited a federal agency that had spun out of control. The … More

Cover Up Zapata

1953: George H. W. Bush and John Overbey formed a new business with Hugh Liedtke and Bill Liedtke named Zapata … More