A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue ... they turned to the only alternative they believed was left to them: secession, a political decision that led directly ...

Oregon’s conservative eastern counties want to break away from the rest of their deep-blue state and become part of the solidly red state of Idaho. They want President Donald Trump to help make ...

Lincoln won the presidential election in November 1860. But he would not actually become President until his inauguration on March 4th, 1861 in Washington. During the three months between his ...

The ballot question, if successful at the polls, wouldn't make the Golden State an independent nation. In fact, some legal ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... Walt Whitman called it the War of Attempted Secession. Confederate General Joseph Johnston called it the War Against the States.

In weaving the history around the causes and consequences of this event, the author reveals an enduring and devastating aspect of the Civil War that is not addressed ... ended in acquittal for ...

Sixty-four years ago, the Estes Park Trail, predecessor to the Estes Park Trail-Gazette, ran columns highlighting the ...

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

I made a presentation on the cause of our Civil War. Many tell me that the cause was slavery. Slavery was the major issue, but the cause of the war was the failure for the two sides to ...