News arrived in Europe that in 1570, Ottoman Turks under the command of Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, captured Nicosia, Cyprus, after a 50-day siege.
20,000 captured Nicosians were executed. Women and boys were sold as...
A deadly E. coli outbreak linked to bagged organic carrots has claimed one life and sickened dozens more, prompting a nationwide warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Spain had claimed Florida since Juan Ponce de León's exploration in 1512, reputedly looking for the Fountain of Youth.
Ponce de León named it La Florida as he explored it during the season of Pascua...
Christopher Columbus (1451-May 20, 1506) was a Genoese explorer who
sailed to America. After Muslim Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453, land routes were cut off from Europe to India and China....
A left-leaning dark money organization seems to have found a way to channel funds from foreign billionaires into U.S. elections, reportedly spending tens of...
"Society ... must repose on principles that do not change" -- wrote Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748, Book 24.
Montesquieu was a French political philosopher whose books...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the development of two fully autonomous vehicles, the "Robotaxi" (also called the "Cybercab") and the "Robovan," during an event in California this week.
Slavery did not start in 1619.
It began with kings. Wherever there was the first king on top there were slaves on the bottom.
From the beginning of recorded history, Kings fought battles. When kings were victorious, they considered...
