In Stephen King’s fascinating novel 11/22/63, an English teacher from 2011 Maine travels back in time to try and stop the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy in Dallas. The central assumption is that if he can stop Lee Harvey Oswald from … Continue reading
The name of gangster and gambler Arnold Rothstein is probably most familiar to Americans as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series. F Scott Fitzgerald – who had met Rothstein – fictionalized him as Meyer Wolfsheim, a Jewish gambler … Continue reading
Grover Cleveland is one of our most underrated Presidents. He was nicknamed “Ugly Honest” by his bitterest opponents. Grover Cleveland firmly believed that a man’s personal integrity must guide his every action as an elected official. We live in an … Continue reading
The trophy killing of Cecil the Lion by Minnesota dentist Dr. Walter Palmer was a major trending story on social media last week. If you’re unfamiliar with the basics of the story, click here. There seems to be rare, unanimous … Continue reading
During the Great Depression, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon was unimaginably rich, deeply conservative, and completely mistrustful of the government interfering in businesses or citizens’ lives. Father James Cox was a former steelworker, now a Catholic priest in depression-era … Continue reading