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Europe
Denmark offered to trade Greenland to the U.S. in 1910—and America thought it was crazy
By Steven Lamy and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
xmas
Europe
Christmas 500 years ago was a drunken 6-week feast that may have been considerably better than the modern holiday, medieval historian says
By Bobbi Sutherland and The ConversationDecember 25, 2025
Scott D. Anthony is a clinical professor of strategy at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Commentary
I left consulting to begin teaching at Dartmouth right before the release of ChatGPT. Disruption is always messy—and there’s always a twist
By Scott D. AnthonyNovember 29, 2025
David McWilliams
Economy
One of the world’s most popular economists on why AI is ‘undoubtedly going to crash’: It’s built off ‘digital lettuce’—and the U.S. will be just fine anyway
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 20, 2025
The remains of an ancient canoe sitting on the bottom of Lake Mendota, in Madison, Wis., pictured in June.
North America
Wisconsin archaeologists unearth a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’ by mapping the location of 16 ancient canoes
By Todd Richmond and The Associated PressNovember 19, 2025
Wizard of Oz
Banking
The yellow brick road from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is a gold allegory with a deeper message that’s been overlooked for years
By David McWilliamsNovember 16, 2025
Ely Parker
Law
The lawyer who literally wrote the legal terms for the end of the Civil War is finally a member of the New York State Bar, 130 years after his death
By Carolyn Thompson and The Associated PressNovember 15, 2025
Is American history reminding you of dark, tumultuous periods from the past? Consider the Gilded Age of the late 19th century
Politics
Is American history reminding you of dark, tumultuous periods from the past? Consider the Gilded Age of the late 19th century
By Robert A. Strong and The ConversationNovember 10, 2025
Close up of a letter
Leadership
Original Thomas Jefferson letter will hit the auction block on July 4
By Chris MorrisJune 25, 2025
Car safety tests are still using the same 47-year-old crash test dummy modeled after a 5-foot-9 man, even though women are more likely to be injured
Tech
Car safety tests are still using the same 47-year-old crash test dummy modeled after a 5-foot-9 man, even though women are more likely to be injured
By Jeff McMurray and The Associated PressJune 23, 2025
A man putting a bitcoin into another man's hand in exchange for a pizza pie
Finance
15 years ago, a software developer paid for two pizzas with 10,000 bitcoin. Those pies would be worth $1.1 billion today
By Alan Suderman and The Associated PressMay 22, 2025
Trump’s plan to reopen the infamously inescapable Alcatraz prison contains fatal flaws
Politics
Trump’s plan to reopen the infamously inescapable Alcatraz prison contains fatal flaws
By Jill Colvin, Michael R. Sisak and The Associated PressMay 5, 2025
What’s inside the 10,000 pages of records Trump released on Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination
Politics
What’s inside the 10,000 pages of records Trump released on Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressApril 18, 2025
Can Trump legally run for a third term? The history behind George Washington’s precedent
Politics
Can Trump legally run for a third term? The history behind George Washington’s precedent
By The Associated Press and Bill BarrowApril 1, 2025
Newly released JFK assassination records show details of covert CIA operations in Cuba but ‘nothing points to a second gunman’
Politics
Newly released JFK assassination records show details of covert CIA operations in Cuba but ‘nothing points to a second gunman’
By John Hanna, Jamie Stengle and The Associated PressMarch 20, 2025
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