I'll never forget where I was when I heard the news that a plane had hit one of the towers of the World Trade Center. I was a junior at the University of Florida, and was just coming out of my geology class at Williamson Hall, and it was like something out of a movie...

Nickname: The Golden State Date Ratified: September 9, 1850 (31st) Capital: Sacramento [caption id="attachment_1979" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of California"] [/caption] California is the most populous state in the United States, and has been since...

Senator Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port at age 77. Long known as the "liberal lion of the Senate," Kennedy had been fighting brain cancer for more than a year. "We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light...

"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." ~Voltaire 17 years ago today, federal agents began a siege of the Weaver family home in rural Idaho, the official reason being that US Marshals were trying to serve a warrant for Randy Weaver...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Image by funadium via Flickr"] [/caption] The folks over at humor site Cracked are giving medical journals a run for their money with their latest post, as they chronicle the stories of 7 individuals who under normal...

James Early Ray was born on March 10, 1928 to a poor family in Alton, Illinois. Ray dropped out of school at the age of 15, and would later serve in the army during World War II, although he wasn't sent to Europe until the months after war ended. While in Germany, Ray...

[caption id="attachment_785" align="alignleft" width="368" caption="Courtesy of Steve Rhodes on Flickr"] [/caption] Depending on how you feel about the death penalty, you may be interested in this site: It’s Abolition Day! « The Quaker Agitator.  I live in TX and...