08/16/2016 - 09:28
Somewhere around the fourth grade, schoolchildren study that humans populated the Americas by crossing a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska. After ice sheets receded, humans moved south using an ice-free corridor.
08/10/2016 - 09:16
In the Cold War days of 1967, U.S. officials mistook a natural phenomenon -- a solar storm -- as an attack on radio communications. The mistake could have ended in war.
08/01/2016 - 21:22
It all began when Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president, was asked about the country’s role in protecting fellow NATO nations.
07/07/2016 - 14:16
What if a major political party held a convention and nobody came?
06/28/2016 - 16:36
At the end of its third season,
Turn: Washington’s Spies, leaves fans in a state of agitation that has more to do with whether AMC will renew the series than with the plight of spies during the American Revolution.
06/22/2016 - 18:13
In the recent episode of
Turn: Washington’s Spies, there is a moment when it looks as though Gen. George Washington, father of our country, has, indeed, spaced out.
06/15/2016 - 21:30
An important yet often overlooked piece of Civil War history is getting the Hollywood treatment.
06/07/2016 - 19:51
To watch AMC’s
Turn: Washington’s Spies is to challenge preconceived notions of 18th century womanhood.
06/02/2016 - 22:34
A dagger found among the resplendent treasures in the tomb of King Tutankhamun was made with iron from a meteorite.
