2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (739+ words) Ever wonder what’s inside an Etch A Sketch? The strange little mechanism behind this classic toy is surprisingly clever....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (745+ words) Medora, North Dakota, is positively cuckoo for Theodore Roosevelt. Want to slumber like the 26th president? Stay at the Rough Riders Hotel on Third Avenue. Craving the hearty breakfast of the founder of the Bull Moose Party? Brunch at TR's Tavern…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (250+ words) The Ottoman red flag was once on the verge of fluttering right beside the Spanish and English banners across the Americas. While this remains a provocative historical “what-if” rather than proof of an imminent Ottoman dominion overseas, it highlights the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (356+ words) The Bible told us so....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (437+ words) How Gerasa, Jerash, is the largest well-preserved Roman city outside Italy—and why did the Greeks choose this place to build a great city? Watch the full cinematic walk here. In the fertile hills of northern Jordan lies Gerasa, ancient…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (17+ words) (Third column, 11th story, link)...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (308+ words) While writing attempts to capture the splendor of this UNESCO World Heritage monument, text alone falls short. To appreciate how Al-Walid transformed a remote desert outpost into a sanctuary for fine art, and to experience that magnificent dream with the…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago   (672+ words) The following speech from a renegade Fed chairman is excerpted from The Flight of the Barbarous Relic. There should be a sign on the front of the Eccles Building in Washington saying, ‘We work for the elites – the commercial bankers…...