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Amelia Earhart Search Hits Setback as New Expedition Investigating Taraia Object Rules Out Key Theory - Newsweek

Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 3 weeks ago

REVIEW: Aztecs, by Inga Clendinnen

Via: s • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • 2 months ago

What Personality Type Are You? The MBTI ("Myers Briggs Typology Indicator") - PART I of V

By: krishna • History & Sociology • 305 Comments • 3 months ago

There are various differing theories of personality-- and personality types. One that I find both interesting and useful...

Images Of famous Americans Enhanced By AI

Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 4 months ago

I'm only posting screen shots of six, but in the You Tube video they show 20.

Memorial Day

By: john-russell • History & Sociology • 12 Comments • 6 months ago

April 19, 1775 - Happy Independence Day

Via: split-personality • History & Sociology • 6 Comments • 7 months ago

Minute Man National Historical Park in Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, Massachusetts, preserves and interprets the sites, structures, and landscapes that became the field of battle during...

March 21, 2026 - Heather Cox Richardson

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 8 months ago

Even today, we hear people justifying the South's revolt as a "Lost Cause", a defense of "southern culture". Lying liars lie...

Iran: The Treason That Changed America’s Energy Future

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 5 Comments • 8 months ago

Reagan lied massively to the American public. Apparently, the Republican base is fine with beng lied to...

Population growth and a global food crisis

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 11 Comments • 9 months ago

Minnesota Dems Ready To Make 2026 Senate And Governor's Races Their Bovino, We Mean Bitch Tina Smith's retiring, and Goopers thought 'fraud' might put the seat in play. Hmmm....

Remembering when "decency" was considered an admirable trait in a politician

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 8 Comments • 10 months ago

Why Did Truman Support Civil Rights?

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 17 Comments • last year

I'd never really thought about Truman being a politician from the South, and therefore probably not exactly a fan of the Civil Right Movement. I just knew all the good he did. This...

Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • last year

Nearly half of Americans read zero books in 2023. Most seeds on NT are not read at all - only their headlines.

‘Queen of All Mayhem’ and ‘Belle Starr’: She Rode With the Outlaws

Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 10 Comments • last year

The future of the Palestinian movement

Via: gregtx • History & Sociology • 7 Comments • last year

What Porn Taught a Generation of Women

Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 4 Comments • last year

Do Americans really want urban sprawl?

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • last year

IMNAAHO, "walkable cities" is a topic about which most Americans know little to nothing, simply because the idea is non-existant in many American urban areas. Yuma Arizona is a very nice...

The Economic Excuse Industry is Booming - Paul Krugman

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • last year

We see this fascist behavior right here on NT, every day: lies, lies, and more lies. If the truth is "up", that is no reason not to proclaim with fervor , "DOWN!" There are links in...

The Basics of Argumentation

Via: evilone • History & Sociology • 20 Comments • last year

This goes along with yesterday's article on fallacies. It probably should have proceeded, but here we are anyway.

When Do We Paint the Town Red?

Via: robert-in-ohio • History & Sociology • 23 Comments • last year

"Paint the Town Red" "Yellow Belly" "Black Dog of Depression" "Green Thumb" All interesting phrases of which there are many, many more and I sometimes wonder where they...

Idioms That Only Americans Understand

Via: robert-in-ohio • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • last year

I came across this interesting article that was a pleasant diversion from the hubbub of trash talking from one side to the other concerning the senate hearings, the depressing news of the tragedy...

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

By: kavika • History & Sociology • 54 Comments • 2 years ago

A day to celebrate the indigenous people of the America’s and for the Indigenous people to celebrate their culture/language/history and their resilience. For many of us it is also time to reflect...

Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, study finds

Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 14 Comments • 2 years ago

Haitian Soldiers at the Battle of Savannah (1779) •

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 30 Comments • 2 years ago

In 2022 my wife and I visited Savannah and made it a point to visit Franklin Sq to view the monument. It is inspiring. The drummer boy in it later became the head of the Haitian army and then the...

Sugarcane documentary explores residential school intergenerational trauma and resilience

Via: hallux • History & Sociology • 4 Comments • 2 years ago

Law For The Safeguard Of German Blood And German Honor

Via: john-russell • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 2 years ago

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