Boy is smart, boy makes billions, boy spends his billions on a football team and a yacht, boy uses yacht to discover long lost, sunken battleship - the oldest story in the world.
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Some might say the Gettysburg Address, but for my money, the 2nd Inaugural Address is not only Lincoln's best speech, but also the greatest American speech ever delivered - and let me tell you why.
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This past Saturday, my journey with the 8th graders of Lodi, Wisconsin came to a close. It was a terrific day.
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If you remember last week's post, I updated you on my first-of-three-days training with WorldStrides. That means I've got two more days to tell you about!
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Yesterday was the first day of my three day 'ride-along' - an interactive training session where I follow a guide in the field whilst they navigate honest-to-goodness 8th grade students around DC.
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I've got a new story to tell, and I'm super excited to share it with you.
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What other acclaimed American authors only published one novel?
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On this day, 83 years ago, one of the most notorious criminals in United States' history was sent to prison for tax evasion.
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The story behind one of the great Rock and Roll songs of all time.
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Here's a few factoids you may not have known about Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth...
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On this day, 29 years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members.
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If the makers of Assassin's Creed ever produced a movie, it would look like the History Channel's Sons of Liberty miniseries
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Greene's book is a good one, but you need to bring an appetite for serious military history with you. Otherwise, you might as well watch The Patriot and call it a day.
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Here's a behind-the-scenes look at where my father and I do our recording work...
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Molasses ain't always sweet.
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Inside Owen Wister's, The Virginian, there lurks a great western romance novel. Unfortunately the reader doesn't encounter this story until the book's third act. Prior to this, it's all tedium and tumble weeds.
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The war had ended, but they fought the battle anyway - seriously.
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I got me a cool green screen setup to use in my various video editing endeavors - and I want to show it off!
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I'm putting the finishing touches on the third chapter of Thomas Jefferson: Defining America. Here's a sneak peak at chapter three, which is tentatively entitled, Independence.
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A convincing argument could be made that Robert Duvall is America's greatest living movie actor. On his 84th birthday, we remember his list of iconic film roles in The Apostle, The Godfather I & II, Apocalypse Now, The Great Santini, The Natural, True Grit, Colors, Network, Tender Mercies and many others.
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