“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” […]
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Ida B. Wells’ Fight Against the Lynching of Blacks
Ida B. Wells was tiny, half a foot shorter than 5 feet, with a […]
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Surrounded by Alligators
While other Americans were gearing up for revolution in 1774, William Bartram waxed poetic […]
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George Washington’s Moral Metamorphosis
Had you known George Washington in 1774, you might have admired his skill as […]
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Interview: Steven Pinker / research psychologist
Steven Pinker’s message in his new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why […]
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Encounter: Kit Carson Meets President James K. Polk
When the frontiersman Kit Carson arrived in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1847, […]
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The First Best-Selling Diet Book
‘Eat what you like and grow thin,’ claimed Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters, author of […]
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Gazette- American History February 2012
How Could Jefferson Live With Himself? Call if a founding flaw: a developing nation […]
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Daily Quiz for August 10, 2017
She was the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress Oscar.
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American History Book Review: Reagan and Thatcher
Reagan and Thatcher: The Difficult Relationship By Richard Aldous; W.W. Norton Books scoping out […]