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Literary Hoaxes

Read about best-selling memoirs that were revealed to mix fact and fiction by Mark Hughes, Liz Olson, and Beth Rowen Related Links The Hoax Files Famous…

John Keats: To Charles Cowden Clarke

by JohnKeatsTo My Brother GeorgeTo Charles Cowden Clarke Oft have you seen a swan superbly frowning, And with proud breast his own white shadow crowning; He slants his neck beneath the…

Brewer's: Moon

means “measurer” of time (Anglo-Saxon, móna, masc. gen.). It is masculine in all the Teutonic languages; in the Edda the son of Mundilfori is Mâni (moon), and daughter Sôl (sun); so it is…

Third Parties

  Learn about the history of third party participation in U.S. elections.   Sources: Ralph Nader: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin; Eugene Debs: AP Photo; Victoria Woodhull: WikiCommons; Theodore…

Timeline of Affirmative Action Milestones

Learn about the major milestones in the history of affirmative action. 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s March 6, 1961 Executive Order 10925 makes the first reference to "affirmative action"…

Most Viewed TV Programs of All Time in the US

The biggest broadcasts of all time There's a lot of TV, and the viewing public can have radically different taste and viewing habits. But, some broadcasts manage to occupy a massive share of the…

The Supreme Court: Burger Court

Burger CourtThe Supreme CourtBurger CourtPolitical Firestorm That FizzledDethroning a PresidentStarting the Abortion DebateActivism Takes Over the Court After successfully stopping the…

1969 College Football Recap

Final AP Top 20 Bowl Games with Top 20 Teams Major Conference Champions Heisman Trophy Voting Other Major Award Winners Consensus All-America Team In college football's…