• On July 28, 1868, following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing black Americans citizenship and all its privileges, is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. More...
President Obama has been known for his frequent use of a teleprompter to deliver even the simplest of speeches. However, he recently took to the road sans his teleprompter to boast of his administration’s accomplishments. In Virginia, Mr. More...
St. Stephens park needs all who love it to be its advocates
The St. Stephens Historical Park is a treasure for Washington County, for southwest Alabama and for the entire state. It is the earliest settled community by pioneer Americans (the Indians were here first, of course), dating to the late 1700s. More...
The economic outlook continues to deteriorate. Economists now forecast GDP growth of 1.3 percent for the second quarter of the year, down from 2.0 percent a month ago. On top of this dismal forecast comes the threat of rising food costs. More...
Joseph Jefferson Jackson (1887 – 1951), nicknamed “Shoeless Joe”, a Major League baseball player in the early part of the 20th century is known for his play on the field and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which m More...
