How guns, like men, are subject to lazy stereotyping and why I now have to apologize for my lazy thinking. There are 400 million legal firearms in the US. But if guns cause harm by their mere existence, they're not very good at it. Read more to find out why.
How a history buff went from buying and firing a musket to proposing the next amendment to the US Constitution.
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Happy 4th of July! The "shot heard round the world" that was fired on April 19th, 1775, at the Old North Bridge in Concord, paved the way for the…
The "Battle" of Lexington leaves eight men dead and ten wounded, most whose names and stories have faded. From the Lexington Common I tell you why so…
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Follow me from Boston's North End down Battle Road to Paul Revere's date with destiny and learn how he got an assist from a little-known man of freedom…
We start where the American Revolution really began, setting the stage for the great events of 1775 that unlocked the destination of this great nation.
I did not run the 4-hour marathon I hoped for, but I have excuses! And I continue to draw inspiration from amazing greats like Meb Keflezighi and Paula…
I can't run a 4-minute mile (and I bet you can't either) but I can learn from record-shattering runners how to persist in the face of obstacles to run…
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