Today is Election Day in America, and while it should be as revered as any other holiday, it's not. We simply take for granted that we have the privilege to vote. You're probably wondering about my word choice, but voting is not a right, it is in fact a privilege, which...
[caption id="attachment_3518" align="alignright" width="186" caption="Image courtesy of minifig/Flickr"] [/caption] Yesterday's post about the Tea Party movement somehow denigrated into an argument about immigration. I, of course, chose the polemic side of the argument...
Nickname: Bay State Date Ratified: February 6, 1788 (6th) Capital: Boston [caption id="attachment_1912" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Massachusetts"] [/caption] Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer...
Nickname: Pelican State Date Ratified: April 30, 1812 (18th) Capital: Baton Rouge [caption id="attachment_1883" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Louisiana"] [/caption] Caddo Lake was the first site of petroleum drilling over water in the world. At 450...
Nickname: The Constitution State Date Ratified: January 9,1788 Capital: Hartford [caption id="attachment_1809" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Connecticut"] [/caption] The first constitution written in North America, the Fundamental Orders, adopted...
The question was: What is the only state in which prostitution is legal statewide? All of the answers submitted in the comments were correct, however, people that chose to answer for fun on Twitter or Facebook kept saying Nevada. Of course being the obvious choice, that...
Everybody knows that on July 20, 1969 the first men set foot on the moon, you know Apollo 11 and all. But since the advent of the Gregorian calendar there have been over 400 July 20th's, so lets see what else has happened, shall we? 1656: Swedish forces under the command...
[caption id="attachment_1166" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Dr. Paul L. Williams"] [/caption] Recently, a scholar by the name of Dr. Paul L. Williams wrote an essay describing the myriad number of ways in which the War on Terror should specifically be a war...
Today is the 39th day of the year on the Gregorian calendar. Fellas, you've got 6 days until Valentine's Day. If you haven't already, I suggest you swing by the mall. Let's start the show: 1575 - The oldest university in The Netherlands, Universiteit Leiden, is founded...
