Cuba wasn’t a mere colony, it was part of my country. Expansionism is outdated.

And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who passed away on Feb. 23, 2015. Some text has been updated to reflect changes since the original ...

A supposed 'hot mic' recording claims to capture Trump suggesting that the nation's capital should no longer be called ...

William Denns, of Sunk Mines in Putnam Valley, was arrested on charges of selling hard cider. He pleaded not guilty but ...

Trampling rights, imposing tariffs, gobbling up others’ territories. Trump is imitating his role models to a T.

Historians rated the US presidents on leadership qualities. The survey did not include Joe Biden since he was still in office ...

A little history can be a bad thing, and President Donald Trump’s little glimpse of history appears to be limited to the 1897 ...

President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the last few decades, only a smattering of quirky historians and cult devotees have ...