Which Confederate cabinet members served longer than any other? Which Confederate cabinet member served in the most different cabinet...

“The man who wins is the man who hangs on just five minutes longer after everyone else has quit.” –Douglas Southall Freeman, historian...

While rummaging around in my attic recently, I ran across a long-forgotten photo from my long-ago days of high school and the two-mile...

Mother—Hazel Margaret Summers Peterson—came from good stock. The Summers family of Heiskell, Tennessee, were special to me, and, although...

Two influential people were born this week in history. (Actually, a lot of influential people were born this week in history, but I’d...

This Southern Writers Suite T blog post came out the day after the copies of my book Confederate Cabinet Departments and Secretaries...

The book was not scheduled to be delivered to the printer until May 1, but apparently the Lord had different plans! It was available for...

On a day when our writing might not seem worth it, when we are not seeing fruit like that which our mind imagines we should, when we...

But fascism, like all big-government schemes, never delivered on its utopian promises. Rather, things got only worse as the government...

I am a firm believer in the adage that history repeats itself. Names and circumstances change, but the lessons to be learned remain the...

Lenin (April 22, 1870) and Hitler (April 20, 1889)were born this week . The former brought Communism and death to millions in Russia; the...

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As a three-year-old, Shirley Temple appeared on screen for the first time eighty-four years ago this month. The film was a forgettable...

April 8, 1913, marks the anniversary of the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution. That’s the amendment that took...

The perennial favorite that had made Ford a household name was the 4-cylinder Model A, and he seemed content to continue producing that...

Most of us actually already know all those things and that we should be prepared, but how many of us really are? Even those who seem...

Reading about editors the other day reminded me of two things: my own experiences as an editor and the editors with whom I’ve been...

Looking through a nostalgia magazine the other day, I came across a half-page “1956 Advertising Flashback.”  It was an ad for a Kodak...

Yesterday, March 6, marked the anniversary of the death of composer John Philip Sousa. He was known as the “March King” because he...

Once again, I have been reminded of the uncertainties and the unknowns of life. Since returning to Michigan last Sunday night, we’ve had...