By Libby Copeland Washington Post Staff Writer You want to talk dirty politics? Oh, we’ll talk dirty. We’ll talk about . . . 1800! Thomas Jefferson was attacked by ministers who accused him of being an “infidel” and an “unbeliever.” A Federalist cartoon depicted him as a drunken anarchist, and the president of Yale warned […]

From the CBC News Website Hollywood is a place where folks are often recognized more for their looks than their talent – and actress Hedy Lamarr was no exception. But it’s what she invented in her spare time – to help end that war – that has history turning a kinder eye, linking her to […]

By Sam Briones (from the Principled Profit Website) For most businessman, when things start to go wrong in the business, and everything is not running the way it should be, it is almost instinctive to keep their customers in the dark. The common misconception is when you come clean with your customers, they might think of the glitches […]

This interview with Amit Singh, president of Google for Work, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant Q. What were your early influences? A. I grew up in India. My dad was in the armed forces, and at an early age I went to a boarding school in Delhi and learned most of my leadership […]

BY JULIA GRIFFIN writing for PBS News Hour Peer through a magnifying glass at a snowflake, and you’ll see an ice creation more elaborate than anything Martha Stewart could cut from folded paper. So what’s behind the snowflake’s unique and elaborate shape? The snowflakes that settle upon our sleeves and scarves during a snowstorm have […]

By History.com Staff From the 19th century’s “Great White Hurricane” to 1993’s “Storm of the Century,” here’s a look back at some of the worst winter storms in U.S. history. March 11-14, 1888 More than 120 winters have come and gone since the so-called “Great White Hurricane,” but this whopper of a storm still lives […]

from Foundations Magazine By age sixteen, Washington had copied out by hand, 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation. They are based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. Presumably they were copied out as part of an exercise in penmanship assigned by young Washington’s schoolmaster. The […]

BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SEP 15, 2014 Imagining a time without smartphones is as hard as believing that bigger-than-bricks wireless phones ever existed outside of Saved By the Bell. Believe it or not though, even 10 years ago journalists were skeptically analyzing things like “text messengers” and “M-payments” that we now use without thinking. Check out some […]

(By Samantha Mathewson writing for Nature World News) The West Indian manatee, or sea cow, should no longer be considered endangered, as it seems that Florida populations are making a comeback. As a result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed to downlist the manatee from an endangered to threatened status under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). […]

(from the History Channel Website) The 19th century was a period of great change and rapid industrialization. The iron and steel industry spawned new construction materials, the railroads connected the country and the discovery of oil provided a new source of fuel. The discovery of the Spindletop geyser in 1901 drove huge growth in the […]