America’s Last Frontier: Oklahoma
With America’s westward expansion petering out, owing to a lack of available land, Easterners demanded that government open up Indian territory, leading to land rushes. ...
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FDR vs. Lindbergh: Setting the Record Straight
It’s said that “history” is written by the winners, skewing it one way or another. In recent times, history has been unmade by media — as FDR and Charles Lindbergh exemplify....
Abraham Lincoln, Stepfather of Our Country
It would not seem a safe time to critique the wisdom, motivations, and character of Abraham Lincoln. Steven Spielberg’s reverential motion picture epic Lincoln fills screens across America. The public increasingly...
So Much to Give: The Legacy of Garman Kimmell
It is a classic story of Americana, with all the excitement, dreams, struggle, disappointment, ingenuity, resilience, triumph, love, loss, and enduring lessons common to the most memorable of such tales. Also...