The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the action that ended the war between the United States and Mexico, was signed on February 2, 1848.
Not only did it give the still fledgling United States a new border that extended to the Pacific Ocean and granted 525,000 square miles of territory that included present-day Arizona, California, western Colorado, [...]
It’s 1980 and the X-Men have recently lost two of their team members, Jean Grey — also known as Marvel Girl and later Dark Phoenix — and Scott “Cyclops” Summers. What bubble gum is being pitched within the comic books to kids of that era? It’s tremendous fun to look at some of the ads [...]
Our second monthly mandatory educational *slash* fun family fieldtrip adventure was a visit to Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont, California.
In 1849, George Washington Patterson, along with 19 of his closest business associates formed a company to take advantage of the California Gold Rush. They set sail from New England, bound for the Gulf of Mexico. [...]
Two hundred years ago today, France continued its centuries-old tradition of running away with its tail between its legs rather than put up an honest and forthright fight.
Two hundred years ago today, the young United States broke its own constitutional laws in ratifying a treaty with France.
Things haven’t changed much, have they?
Napoleon’s colony at Santa [...]
Several thousand years ago, the center of the civilized world was Sumer, a fertile land developed with sophisticated irrigation systems and the home of the world’s earliest form of writing, cuneiform. Later, this same area cultured a complex legal system known as the Code of Hummurabi upon which many legal systems and beliefs are still [...]
Another space shuttle gone.
I was a senior in high school when the Challenger explosion took place in January of 1986, and the news came between classes as I headed to Ms. Wendell’s chemistry class. I distinctly remember hearing the news as I crossed the Los Gatos High basketball courts heading towards the small flight of [...]
As I mentioned last month, the tropical paradise of Wake Atoll is claimed both by the United States and the Marshall Islands, and has also been decreed as an independent sovereignty first conceived in 1987 in the name of the Kingdom of EnenKio. This article relates to the claims put forth by the people representing [...]
Controversy revolves around the tropical paradise of Wake Island, part of Eneen-Kio Atoll, the collection of three islands also known as Wake Atoll, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The island is claimed by both the United States and the Marshall Islands. It is further claimed as an independent sovereignty in the name [...]
Today is Kevin Bacon’s birthday. He was born in 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a city planner and political activist.
You may have heard of John Guare’s 1990 play Six Degrees of Separation, in which it was hypothesized that everyone is connected by six of fewer occurrences of circumstance or acquaintance. It took a [...]
Since before I was born, Disneyland has been serving up alcoholic drinks and offering exclusive gourmet dining in its well-known family-oriented themepark. Surprised?
Smack in the middle of New Orleans Square, right next to the entrance to the Blue Bayou restaurant, is a mysterious door with an ornamental “33″ to its right. Without a $20,000 corporate [...]
