By: Bo James Adkinson Gerrymandering and the Republican Redmap The year is 1812. It was a long, heated political season throughout the northeast, and…
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In a way, Benjamin Franklin, American politician, scientist, and smartass, originated the idea of daylight saving time in 1784...
The townspeople were baffled and, toting clubs, rakes, and other weapons, they set off to find the monster that created the footprints. They criss-crossed cemeteries, popular town squares, and in same cases led right up to people's doors where they stopped and continued on in another direction (including back-tracking on top of themselves). They went into a shed and came out on the other side--apparently, whatever made them went through a six-inch hole.
There is a another version of the story of the Jersey Devil less varnished by time and terrified tellings around campfires, a version supported by some historical evidence. That version, even though it is more down to earth, is no less interesting.
This month we celebrate the dawn of the personal computer. Prior to 1970, there was nothing resembling the portable personal computers we have today. Computers…
Shiny Happy Columbus Growing up in the 80s, elementary school in New Jersey meant Columbus day was the unofficial start of fall. Even though Columbus…
On Sept 26th, 1960, John F Kennedy and Richard participated in the first ever televised presidential debate. Before the debate, JFK was a senator from…
Every generation has it's tragedies, days that are burned into our memories and that we'll always remember. Today is the 15th anniversary of the tragedy. Where were you on 9/11?
It seems like a misguided understanding of the Second Amendment has stood in the way of real debate on the issue of gun regulation. Hopefully an analysis of the language and history of the Second Amendment will help start to clarify that argument.
"We must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as "Right to Work." -Martin Luther King, Jr.