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The recent election of Donald Trump has stimulated talk of eliminating the Electoral College. Trump lost the popular vote by about 2% but received 57% of the electoral votes.
Howard Schultz may run for President as a third party candidate. There have been several third party candidacies that have received significant votes.
The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is just the latest in a long line of confirmation fights.
Four empires collapsed during World War I – the German Empire, the Russian Empire, the Austria-Hungary Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the Fourth Thursday of November. That was not always the case.
With the 2018 Mid-Terms completed, how do the results compared with historical results?
Except for rare occasions, partisanship has always been with us. The ‘Era of Good Feelings’ was an exception.
Texas could have been even bigger.
Is there anything more exciting than a baseball ‘walk-off’ hit?
All college football fans know that the Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry is intense. But in 1836 the states of Michigan and Ohio nearly went into actual battle over a boundary dispute.
Three of our Presidents, including George Washington, U.S. Grant, and Dwight Eisenhower, served as our chief military commander before entering the Oval Office.
Seven Presidents elected in a year ending in ‘0’ (zero) have died prior to completion of their term. Curse or Coincidence? Guest Blogger, Jeff Eichner, retired attorney and avid sports fan (also married to my sister), explores this controvery.
Guest Blogger Simon Tanzman tells the story of Uruguay's upset win over Brazil in the 1950 World Cup, considered by some to be the Biggest Upset in World Cup History and yes, the Pope, Frank Sinatra and Alcides Ghiggia are part of the tale.
Two speeches bookmark the moon landing project. One delivered, one undelivered. One well known, the other unknown.