CHAPTER 6: RUMORS New York City was a hotbed of rumors in the spring and summer of 1789. The most persistent rumor was that a second...

CHAPTER 4: UNTRODDEN GROUND It seemed too good to be true. Alexander Hamilton’s two great passions in life--politics and economics--were...

We all remember Benjamin Franklin as a printer and newspaper publisher; as a wise, bespectacled American sage, who flew a kite and...

What this book does masterfully well is show how the president-elect Abraham Lincoln shored up northern morale in preparation for the...

Elected to office in 2008, Barak Obama was our nation's first African-American president.  As such, he faced continued opposition,...

The day the House of Representatives achieved a quorum, on April 1, 1789, George Washington wrote to a friend: “(I feel) that my movement...

INTRODUCTION--A GATEWAY TO THE WEST George Washington must have had an exceptional imagination. How else to explain his decision to lead...

President George Washington had one final piece of business to perform before the nation's capital moved from New York City to...

I wrote the following in response to Peggy Noonan's op-ed piece in the September 23 Wall Street Journal, entitled: "The Senator's Shorts...

by Dorothy Wickenden Who were the agitators? They were Harriet Tubman, Martha Wright, and Frances Seward. Harriet Tubman was the most...

There are three things you need to know about the early life of Mary Baker Eddy. First, from young childhood she refused to accept the...

Thomas E. Ricks, a Pulitzer Price winning war correspondent, focuses his considerable reporting skill on the American Civil Rights...

WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON (1993 - 2001) -- Scandals aside, Bill Clinton managed to get a great deal done as president, which may explain...

When he entered office, Ronald Reagan was alone among his national security advisors in believing the Soviet Union was on the brink of...

The consensus opinion of Gerald R. Ford—the man, the politician, the president—is that he was a nice guy. What did Leo Durocher say about...

What a contrast. On January 17, 1961, in his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of what he described...

Who would have guessed? Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower rated among our greatest presidents? The latest poll among historians has...

It was the huddled masses all over again. Only this time it wasn't immigrants seeking work, it was American citizens seeking work. ...

The Roaring Twenties: economic prosperity, Jazz, flappers, Art Deco, radio, silent movies, automobiles, commercial aviation, and...

What's interesting about this compelling rescue story, is that the author, Ralph White does not consider himself a hero nor particularly...