In honor of the 25th anniversary of the MLK holiday, here is a collection of my favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes. The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it...
[caption id="attachment_4051" align="alignright" width="144" caption="Joseph Ambrose, WWI vet, holding the flag that covered his son's casket, who was killed in the Korean War."] [/caption] On this day in 1918, at 11 AM, World War I finally ended and the guns fell silent...
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...
On October 26, 1861 the Pony Express ceased operations after only 18 months in existence. For those 18 months, though, it was the most direct line of communication across North America reducing the time to deliver a message between New York and California to a mere 10...
Every once in a while an amazing person comes along and they grace the world with their awesomeness. Theodore Roosevelt was such an individual. Here are 5 random things about the president that shaped the 20th century. An avid hunter, Roosevelt was having particularly...
Marbury v. Madison was a landmark Supreme Court case that established the doctrine of judicial review. In a nutshell, judicial review is the idea that the courts can examine the actions of the legislature and the executive, and in some cases even invalidate those actions...
The current economic crisis has drawn many comparisons to the Great Depression. In fact, the National Bureau of Economic Research said last week that Barack Obama inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression. Despite this fact, many Americans blame Obama for...
I had a hectic weekend last week, so I didn't get to do this, so here's a double helping of the links of the week, as voted for by you the reader. If you would like to participate, simply follow EiH on Twitter or Like EiH on Facebook, then retweet or 'like' the stories...
A current theme among right-wing politicians today is that there needs to be more 'fiscal responsibility'. They go around trumpeting numbers and telling you that all government spending is bad, and act as though the government has never done anything right. They want...
