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Wild West
December 6, 2004
Wayne R. Austerman |
Bold Rally Against the Odds at Fort Lancaster Captain William Frohock, Lieutenant Frederick Smith and the black troopers of Company K, 9th Cavalry, received an after-Christmas surprise from Kickapoo raiders in 1867.   |
Reason
December 2004
Jackson Kuhl |
The First Free State Project The brief, tumultuous history of North Carolina's break-away state of Franklin. |
Reason
December 2004 |
25 Years Ago in Reason It is not literally true that Richard Nixon is a monster, but it is metaphorically true... Critics treat Nozick almost as though he were the only living libertarian... etc. |
Science News
December 4, 2004 |
From the December 1, 1934, issue Propellers of "Queen Mary" move at touch of finger... New kind of nitrogen found; then turned into oxygen... High blood pressure cause of thickening of arteries... |
Civil War Times
December 2004
Olav Thulesius |
USS Monitor: The Crew Took Great Pride in Serving on the Famous Ship The crew of Swedish Inventor John Ericsson's USS Monitor took great pride in serving on the renowned 'cheese box on a raft.' |
Fast Company
December 2004
Shoshana Zuboff |
No Choice Without Voice Why do we demand so much from our toys and TVs, and so little from our banks, insurers, and drug companies? As historian T.H. Breen, author of The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence, tells it, Americans' first discovery of their collective hidden power paved the way for the War of Independence. |
Science News
November 27, 2004 |
From the November 24, 1934, Issue Nobel Chemistry Award for Discovery of Deuterium... Mysterious "Great Red Spot" of Jupiter is Explained... Polar Ice Cap Shivering in Perpetual Vibration... |
America's Civil War
November 23, 2004
Brian J. Murphy |
Ulysses S. Grant's Yazoo River Bender Murky facts and contradictions confuse the story of a purported 1863 drinking spree by the general. |
Aviation History
November 23, 2004
Ron Gilliam |
'Viva la Aviacion Nacional!' Lindbergh's landmark flight ignited an explosion of enthusiasm for aviation in Mexico, sparking risky record attempts and goodwill flights, and launching the manufacture of modern aircraft. |
Science News
November 20, 2004 |
From the November 17, 1934, Issue Explore Mystery Isle... Air a Hundred Miles up May be Warm as a Summer Day... Astronomer Explains Star Going Two Ways at Once... |
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