When you are born, you become a citizen of your country. Today, this may seem natural, but it hasn’t always been this way. The idea of citizenship has been traced back to Ancient Greece. Around 2,800 years ago, Greek farmers… Read More
What is economics? It is the science that studies human action. Economists have one crucial job: explain. Economics contains different branches of thoughts and doctrines that trigger a war of ideas within the industry and public square. So, what are… Read More
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon forever changed the United States and international financial systems. U.S. economic conditions in 1971 were not great. The national unemployment rate topped 6%, money supply growth exceeded 10%, and the inflation rate was 4.38%…. Read More
Bitcoin became the fastest asset to reach $1 trillion in value. Ethereum is now worth more than the Bank of America. Dogecoin has become more valuable than Ford Motor. These are cryptocurrencies capturing international headlines and filling bank accounts. But… Read More
A republic is a government being ruled by representatives voted for and elected by the citizens. Although the people do not govern the nation themselves, they exercise their power by choosing elected officials to represent their needs and decisions in… Read More
From Beachgate to Russiagate, every government scandal now ends with a “gate” suffix. This comes from the historic 20th-century Watergate scandal that took down President Richard Nixon and forever altered the state of U.S. politics and America’s perception of its… Read More
Article III of the Constitution created the United States Supreme Court, but it didn’t give much detail about how the Court should actually operate. Many of the rules are decided by the court itself, but the number of justices is… Read More
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), or FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States and the only commander in chief to be elected four consecutive terms. Have you heard the saying that the only thing to fear is fear itself?… Read More
Martha Washington was an educated woman, skilled business manager, a clever hostess, and the only woman to appear on U.S. paper money. Before she even married George Washington, she was the wealthiest woman in Virginia. Martha Dandridge was born June… Read More
The Western world became a beacon of justice, freedom, and prosperity because of the ideas in the Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason. This was an intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that eventually… Read More
The earth is a dangerous place to live. From time to time, our planet is hit by meteors, causing catastrophes. Therefore, scientists are working on creating safe storage on the moon for life. Think of it as a kind of… Read More
When the thirteen colonies of British America declared their independence from King George III, it sparked the Revolutionary War. The American leaders wanted to be free from rule of monarchs and create their own fate. We know what happened to… Read More