What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.
Imagining what it would be like to have alter-ego boys, both aged 9, living on opposite sides of the Auschwitz fence, John Boyne creates a sobering st...
When it seemed as though the States would not ratify a new Constitution, three of America's Founding Fathers mounted a defense for ratification.
Barbara Tuchman's famous book about World War I begins with a poignant passage about the last days of the Edwardian era (when color photography was fi...
A famous cartoon, by an unknown artist, depicts how Colonial Americans viewed their mother country (and their future without her).
You can learn the events leading up to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation.
This cartoon, by an unknown artist, depicts Thomas Jefferson attempting to destroy the Constitution.
If the real name of Rudolf Abel, a main character in "Bridge of Spies," is William ("Willy") Fisher, then who was the real Rudolf Abel?
Playing a key role in supporting Henry VIII's decision to split from papal authority in England, Thomas Cranmer grants the King a dispensation to divo...
A man of contrasts who owned slaves, Thomas Jefferson declared that all men were born equal.
When Thomas Jefferson became America's third President, the election process was complicated. He won on the 36th ballot, in the House of Representativ...
This image is the original letter - maintained at the Library of Congress - which Thomas Jefferson wrote to Spencer Roane on the 6th of September, 181...
A scholar with impressive credentials, Thomas More becomes Lord Chancellor. That is before he disagrees with Henry VIII's position on papal authority ...
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