09/27/2021 - 22:19
We’ve all heard of drones -- aircraft flown without a pilot. Some are toys. Others are used in business -- by real estate agents taking aerial photos of homes, for example.
07/13/2021 - 09:09
For some athletes, all those years of working out pays off. They endorse sneakers or appear in commercials. But in ancient times, winning was all about bragging rights.
03/07/2021 - 18:46
The word filibuster brings to mind the 1939 flick, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
02/10/2021 - 21:01
The second impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump delivered painful reminders of the violent, deadly nature of the Jan. 6 riot.
09/02/2020 - 12:49
President Donald Trump says that he is "your president of law and order," a term once associated with the 37th president, Richard Nixon. At the same time, news articles mention another phrase associated with Nixon: the Southern Strategy.
07/23/2020 - 07:01
It is strange, to say the least, to name an army fort for a soldier who committed treason.
07/06/2020 - 08:28
Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War and was the 18th president of the United States. But as communities reevaluate who belongs -- and doesn't belong -- on municipal monuments, some are having second thoughts about Grant.
06/17/2020 - 22:00
Not everyone has heard of Juneteenth, but it is an important historical milestone marking the day in 1865 that slaves in Texas learned they were free.
06/02/2020 - 22:02
President Donald Trump used a little known law this week to pit the military against protesters in Washington, D.C. It's called the Insurrection Act of 1807.
05/19/2020 - 21:59
President Donald Trump raised eyebrows by firing State Department Inspector General
Steve Linick on Friday, May 15.
