Rivalries Make College Football Great
College football is a passionate sport. Annual rivalry games add a special spice to the stew. Although some teams will face each other twice in a season in a conference…
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A Confederate Ironclad in a Japanese Civil War
A first blush one might think that a Confederate ironclad participating in a Japanese civil war is a product of the imagination of a writer of alternative history fiction. But…
A Raider of the Lost Ark Who Really Fought the Nazis
As fans of the Indiana Jones series of movies know, Indiana Jones as portrayed by Harrison Ford spent much of his time fighting Nazis in some of the films. However,…
The Big Apple Turns 100
Mention the phrase “The Big Apple” and New York City immediately comes to mind. Indeed, the moniker has been associated with Gotham since the 1920’s. The term was originally associated…