“I am vast, I contain multitudes,” goes one oft-quoted line from “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman. In the American…
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Military legends come in all shapes and sizes, dating back as long as records exist. A person with a moderate…
Charles Dickens visited the United States in 1842, partly to see the young nation for himself but also to push…
If you’re reading this outside the USA – particularly if you’re in, say, Europe – the idea that there are…
While it’s easy to assume that getting into the White House to cause trouble is nearly impossible, free tours are…
It’s difficult to overstate how often the phrase “land of opportunity” gets bandied about in regards to the USA. It’s…
Benjamin Franklin may be the most famous Founding Father who was never a president. An incomplete list of things named…
Americans of a certain age may remember the Martin Scorcese street-violence film Gangs of New York. Without reviewing the movie (I’m…
When you hear the term “ghost town,” what comes to mind? The Old West, or perhaps settlements that once sat…
Capital punishment in the United States has a long, complicated, and gruesome history, and, well, its methods had to start…