This is the grave of L. Frank Baum. Born in 1856 in Chittenango, New York, Lyman Frank Baum (I can see why he chose to go as Frank) grew up pretty wealthy. His father had made a lot of money in the Pennsylvania oil boom...
Author: Erik Loomis
Neal Katyal, left, and Neil Gorsuch, right. Mr. Child Labor Neal Katyal, of course. The Obama administration’s acting Solicitor General will help Middlesex County Democrats in their fight to preserve.
This is the grave of Abel Upshur. Born in 1790 in Northampton County, Virginia, grew up in the southern elite. His grandfather was a state leader of the Federalists, he.
The Basketball Hall of Fame is the most enigmatic of the three major sports, both because it covers the entire sport (which means a lot of entries no one has ever heard of, in part thanks to a rather generous policy toward contributors and coaches...
This is the grave of James Longstreet. Born in 1821 in Edgefield, South Carolina, a center of the southern planter elite, Longstreet grew up in those traditions. His father, like.
This is the grave of Harry "Suitcase" Simpson. Born in 1925 in Atlanta, Harry Simpson went into the Negro Leagues as a young man. He started with the Philadelphia Stars.
Only the 21st century Republican Party could find someone to honor more horrifying and evil than John Foster Dulles. House Republicans have introduced legislation to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former president Donald Trump. The bill was filed Friday by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), with six Republican...
This is the grave of Franz Sigel. Born in 1824 in Sinsheim, Baden, in modern Germany, Sigel grew up in the militaristic culture of that place and time, though at.
There's nothing easy or fun about this one. A growing number of tribes in Oregon and California are coming out in opposition to federal offshore wind projects. Some tribes don’t.
I can see why New York politicians would want to repeal this law. In the halls of the New York State Capitol, with a budget deadline bearing down, it seems that all that anyone wants to talk about is adultery. An antiquated but seldom-enforced state...
This is the grave of Lucy Pickens. Born in 1832 on her family's plantation near LaGrange, Tennessee, Lucy Holcomb grew up at the peak of the southern elite. She went.
Of of course this goes public the week before I go on my long-awaited presentation at the Organization of American Historians in New Orleans/Louisiana grave trip. This criminal defamation bill.