My History Teacher Told Me...

"It has been said that history repeats itself. This is perhaps not quite correct; it merely rhymes." - Theodore Reik

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

The Revolt of 1910

Today - 3 October, 2023 - marked the first time in American history that the Speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), was removed f...

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Partus Sequitur Partum to Partus Sequitur Ventrum

There was a population problem in early Colonial America. There were a number of ways to counter this, though, in an effort to get Great Bri...

Sunday, July 16, 2023

How A Slide Changed the Fortunes of Two Historic Franchises

The 1st Baseman was born in Carlisle, smack in the middle of south central Pennsylvania, 190 miles east of Pittsburgh. As a sophomore at Car...

Friday, June 16, 2023

Calamity At The Empire State Building, 1945-1947

The lot at West 34th Street in New York City had been owned by the renowned Astor family since the 1820s and by the mid-1890s John Jacob Ast...

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

The Johnson-Reed Act, Eugenics, the KKK, and a Fascist Plot to Overthrow FDR?

Senator David Reed (R-PA) was awfully pleased with himself. He had just joined forces with Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA) to implement the stric...

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