Starting this month, with the appointment of Joe Biden as President of the United States, his wife Jill Biden will follow in the footsteps of remarkable women who, for centuries, have shaped the complex and often controversial role of First Lady. Too often forgotten, they are given center stage in t
Muromachi 2nd Shogun, Tokugawa 2nd Shogun, 2nd Roman Emperor, 2nd Han Empire Emperor, Ming 2nd Emperor I think that few people will come up with their names immediately. As with these examples, few Japanese will soon see the name John Adams, and fewer will know what John Adams did. Anything shop
Personally, Garfield reminds me of an anecdote written in an old red book. Its a story that Garfield had a classmate who couldnt win, and he was able to outperform his grades as a result of studying every day until the lights in his classmates house went out. Unfortunately, Garfield was unable to
On August 2, 1990, elite Iraqi Republican Guard troops invaded Kuwait. A lightning operation - in two days they had taken the entire country - that caught the international community by surprise. Although Iraq had been critical of the increase in Kuwaiti oil production that was keeping prices low an