When I was in Third Grade we were studying Early American History. It came right after a three-week session on … More
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Don’t Normalize Israel’s Extremist Government
Over the coming weeks and months, the newly formed Israeli governing coalition and its U.S. allies will try to normalize … More
Netanyahu, the godfather of modern Israeli fascism
Fascism has been on the minds of Israel’s friends and foes alike since “the Jewish State” held its latest elections … 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
Delaware, Maryland were slave states in Civil War
In the context of the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states were slave states that did not secede from the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and after … More
Dulles, CIA, America’s Secret Government
David Talbot is a noted journalist, the founder of independent news source Salon.com, and that author of “Brothers”, an insightful … 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
World Peace – President John F. Kennedy
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 10, 1963 President Anderson, members of the faculty, board of trustees, distinguished … More
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the intelligence agency of the United States during World War II. The OSS was formed as an agency of the Joint … More
The Black Chamber
The Black Chamber (1919–1929), also known as the Cipher Bureau, was the United States’ first peacetime cryptanalytic organization, and a forerunner of the National Security Agency. … More
Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the USA
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign … More
Think you know where California is?
Cuauhtemoc Morgan Hernandez loves the breathtaking beaches and rugged desert landscape of the skinny Mexican peninsula known throughout the world … More
Build a canal across the Tehuantepec Isthmus
BLOG NOTE: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec, between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, is 134 miles wide, and directly … More
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Spanish pronunciation: [tewanteˈpek]) is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Before the opening … More
U.S. Occupation of Baja – 1846-1848
In its desire to be a nation spanning the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, American officials made … More
Dakota War of 1862 – genocide in Minnesota
The Dakota War of 1862 was a brief conflict between the Dakota people of Minnesota and settlers. Lasting only five … More
List of the 108 wars involving the United States
1775-1783: The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, secured American independence from Great Britain. Fighting began on April 19, … More
The largest dam demolition in history
U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles … More
The Last Slave Trader
Timothy Meaher (1812 – 3 March 1892) was a wealthy Irish-American human trafficker, businessman and landowner. He built and owned the slave-ship Clotilda and was responsible for … More
Michael Ruark 