"Ron Paul appeared on "Meet the Press" over the weekend, and gave voice to a sentiment scarcely heard in American politics. He claimed that the Civil War was unnecessary" picked by gammerus 2 years ago

There is historical evidence suggesting that homosexual civil unions may have existed six centuries ago in France. Opponents of gay marriage have tended to assume that nuclear families have always been the standard household form. We may learn that such is not true. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul Revere was a Civil War casualty. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Normally when the US wins a civil rights violation lawsuit there are press releases as well as much trumpeting and fanfare. Yet somehow the win against this blatant case of racial disenfranchisement has gone unreported and unrecognized. The lawsuit was won Feb 27th. It started back in 2006. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

A civil rights leader who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been charged with incest. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Wal-Mart wants to build a Supercenter within a cannonshot of where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first fought, a proposal that has preservationists rallying to protect the key Civil War site. picked by suebe 11 months ago

In honor of patriotism day, I bring you a bit of History from my state and our role in the Civil War. picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Great pictures that show some of the great battles in American Civil War. picked by cgmiki 3 years ago

She is black and caught a lot of flak for her support of tough California graduation requirements. Gotta love a person who doesn't expect that people should be given a free ride just because they are struggling. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Most textbooks teach us that the north won the US civil war thanks mostly to their larger population and industrial capabilities. Another possibility is the fact of the internal divisions in the south had more to do with the Confederacy defeat than anything else. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

It hasn't been easy getting people excited about celebrating the 200th birthday of that tall, gaunt, bearded, Kentucky-bred president who was born in a log cabin and went on to lead his people through a bloody civil war.

No, not Abraham Lincoln. It's that other tall, log cabin-born Kentuckian, Jefferson Davis, whose 200th has turned out to be something of a lost cause. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Code Pink continues to protest in front of the Marine recruitment center, trying to deny people's civil rights. Their job is made much easier with Berkeley granting them private parking spaces on the public street. Update to this. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Civil War relic collector killed by cannon ball he was restoring. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

A Texas museum hopes a document found in its archives turns out to be an authentic government copy of Abraham Lincoln's eloquent letter consoling a mother thought to have lost five sons in the Civil War.

If so, it could be worth lots of money picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

A man with an unusually tiny brain managed to live an entirely normal life despite his condition, caused by a fluid build-up in his skull. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Rowan Williams, the principal leader of the Church of England, has today said that he believes that in the interests of social cohesion, Muslims in Britain should be bound not by civil law, but by sharia law. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

This page contains a description (warning to those easily disturbed by such: the descriptions are in "graphic" language) of the most common Civil War surgery, the amputation. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson knows he is inviting death threats by entering into a civil union with his gay partner on the eve of his church’s biggest ecclesiastical conference. And he says it is worth it, because he is doing what God asks of him. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Some are asking "Why Can't We Have Smarter Right Wingers?". The question bears repeating. Where are the intelligent, consistent right wing conservatives? Instead too many seem to be arguing for argument sake without any agenda other than a negative one. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

UK finger-printing children: Part of a huge softening-up exercise, targeting society's most impressionable, so they'll accept cradle-to-grave state snooping and control." picked by sara 9 months ago