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It’s baseball’s offseason, the ‘hot stove league.’ Teams look to improve themselves through trades and free-agent signings. This post covers some of the most unbalanced trades in baseball history. Unbalanced because one team’s disaster is another’s fortune.
Read MoreThe 2020 election may be close and controversial. But that would not be unprecedented. The third of a multi-part series on controversial presidential elections in the past.
Read MoreThe 2020 election may be close and controversial. But that would not be unprecedented. The second of a multi-part series on controversial presidential elections in the past.
Read MoreThe 2020 election may be close and controversial. But that would not be unprecedented. The first of a multi-part series on controversial presidential elections in the past.
Read MoreSupreme Court nomination controversies are nothing new. Even George Washington had a nominee rejected.
Read MoreWhat did baseball do during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, and much more virulent outbreak?
Read MoreOne man organized a series of food relief efforts throughout his life. He helped save tens of millions of lives and is one of the great humanitarians of history.
Read More150 years ago, the 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted voting rights to African-Americans (men); 100 years ago the 19th amendment gave those rights to women
Read MoreJapanese Emperor Hirohito ordered his country to surrender after the dropping of two atomic bombs.
Read MoreKing George V of England, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, and Czar Nicholas of Russia, leaders of World War I protagonists, were cousins. If only their family connections could have prevented the cataclysm of World War I.
Read MoreDue to the pandemic, Baseball has scheduled an ‘unprecedented’ short 60-game season instead of its normal 162-game schedule. This has happened before. Twice. In the same year. Due to a player strike.
Read MoreHow was the first 4th of July celebrated after the end of the Civil War - July 4, 1865?
Read MoreOver 200 years ago the Logan Act was passed to ban private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments regarding American policy. The Act has never been enforced but is still on the books.
Read MoreOn June 7, 1967, during the Six-Day war, Israeli troops captured the old city of Jerusalem, including the Western Wall of the ancient temple. For the first time in almost 2,000 years, a sovereign Israel now had jurisdiction over the temple site.
Read MoreWe recently celebrated Victory in Europe (V-E) day. We should remember the sacrifices made by the former Soviet Union in what they called the ‘Great Patriotic War’, celebrated as ‘Victory Day’
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