As a native of West Tennessee, I feel as if we get the short end of the stick. So often...
Grant Oster
-To know the truth of history is to realize its ultimate myth and its inevitable ambiguity.-
I love all history; however, my favorite areas are World War II, Civil Rights Movement, and U.S. Constitutional history.
Alice Herz-Sommer is known for two reasons: the first is that she was a super-centenarian--meaning that she had reached the age...
America has a sordid past; it is marred with the eradication of the native population, centuries of brutally-savage slavery, and...
Paleontology and archaeology must be two of the most exciting careers imaginable. This is not because I share in the...
Last night, as I watched coverage of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, specifically the Short Track Men's 1500m, I noticed Viktor...
Part of why I write at Hankering for History is that I love sharing. I don’t just like sharing what...
