The dropping of the ball in Times Square to ring in the New Year is an annual tradition watched all over the world. But did you know that the Times Square ball did not drop two years in its history?
Jimmy Carter, a steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, according to his son James E. Carter III, known as Chip. He was 100 ...
It is adherence to the Monroe Doctrine that built the United States into the world’s greatest power — a regional hegemon. From Germany’s threat to ally with Mexico in World War I to the Soviet Union’s ...