Leland Stanford bribed, stole, and murdered his way to fame and acclaim.
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Famed Russian Professor, Oleg Sokolov, Found with Woman’s Limbs in Backpack
In an event equal parts horrific and bizarre, Oleg Sokolov, an assistant professor of […]
Governor McClellan: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
Ego, inflexibility and inactivity defined ‘Little Mac’ in the governor’s office just as they […]
Students and Secession in the Old Dominion
Virginia’s colleges became cradles of disunion as young people debated the necessity, and opportunity, […]
How an American helped the Chinese Revolution
Homer Lea’s dreams of military glory led him to a starring role in the Chinese revolution
Powerful Men Have Committed Carnal Crimes
Even in Puritan Boston, a wealthy man got away with victimizing a young woman
Confederate Conscription Woes
Gloom, deepening by the week, had settled across the Confederacy as the winter of […]
McClellan Gets the Hook
Snow was falling as a railroad engine from Washington, D.C., clanged to a stop […]
Fritz X: The First Precision-Guided Weapon of WWII
It was the first precision-guided weapon to be deployed in combat and the first to sink a ship in combat.
Architect of Victory
Dubbed by Harry S. Truman as the “Greatest of the greats of our time,” […]