I am fine here in New Delhi and hope you would be enjoying the beautiful snowfall in London. I have joined the Company about a month ago. You will be surprised to know that here the officers of the Company are treated as king by the Indian people. They are mostly uncivilized. They kno...
For the first few years the office was open, it was the most substantial building in Denver. Plans for the coin-producing Denver Mint as the country knows it today didn’t emerge until 1896 when Congress approved a separate site in Denver to produce gold and silver coins. After years of ...
and to ascribe the deterioration of a society to someinherent limit in its loan and tenure of life, or some irreparable running downof internal force. Such analogies may offer provisional illumination, as whenwe compare...
He didn’t seem to have much of a sense of humor but had a great talent for nasty snark (oh, but would he have loved Twitter). When Russell ignored his demands to confess being part of a junto, Pennypacker wrote, “…clear your throat, and speak out like a little man. If you can...
Donkeys also exhibit a high level of emotional intelligence and empathy, and have been successfully used in assisted therapy in the treatment of people with affective and emotional disorders. Donkey intelligence aside, it isn’t quite clear when the phrase donkey voting appeared in the Australian ...
Readers: For a time, I will be blogging about people to be featured in my soon-to-be-published book, When People Were Things: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, and the Emancipation Proclamation. Today Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse, is featured. I promise not to include book spoilers...
General Augustus Porter, a United States Commissioner, renamed Goat Island to Iris Island, after the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow. People resisted this name change and the island soon reverted back to its originalname of Goat Island. By 1806, Goat Island had little development. Bears and wolves...
From the stone cities of the Maya to the might of the Aztecs, from its conquest by Spain to its rise as a modern nation, Mexico boasts a rich history and cultural heritage spanning more than 10,000 years. This detailed timeline of Mexican history explores such themes as the early ...
Constitution in order to “promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” Instead, the Constitution protected slavery by allowing the importation of enslaved persons until 1808 and providing for the return of enslaved people who had escaped to ...
Mumtaz Mahal, byname of Arjumand Banu Begum, wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He built the Taj Mahal in her memory. A niece of Nur Jahan, Arjumand was born into the inner court of the dynasty. When Shah Jahan became emperor, he gave her the title Mumta