Letter from Joe Strickland to Samuel F.B. Morse, president of the National Academy of the Arts of Design

The American inventor Samuel Morse (1791–1872) spent decades fighting to be recognised for his key role in devising the electromagnetic telegraph. While he will always be remembere...

The American inventor Samuel Morse (1791–1872) spent decades fighting to be recognised for his key role in devising the electromagnetic telegraph. While he will always be remembere...

On taking office in 2001, Dick Cheney crowned himself the first imperial vice president in the nation's history, transforming a traditionally inconsequential office into a de facto...

The Morse telegraph launched the electronic telecommunications industry and reduced the travel time of information from days, weeks and months to seconds and minutes. It was one of...

When she was sixteen, Patricia Duffy and her father were reminiscing about how, as a child, she learned to write all of the letters very quickly except for the letter ‘R’. She said...

The two books of Samuel narrate the establishment and expansion of the Kingdom of Israel. From Samuel’s providential birth, to his appointment of Saul as Israel’s first king, to th...

An essential resource for readers analyzing the presidency of Barack Obama, this book provides a comprehensive summary of the life of 44th president of the United States. Bara...

Abstract Every four years, the incoming president of the United States delivers an inaugural address in a tradition that dates back to 1789, with George Washington’s...