Author DM Celley

WHY DID THE VIKINGS DISAPPEAR FROM GREENLAND?

During the 10th Century, a group of Vikings landed on Greenland and in time developed settlements there.  About 400 years later they vanished from the island.  No one outside of Greenland even knew that they were gone until 1721 when some missionaries arrived at the sites and found only the ruins of their settlements.  Their […]

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IS THE U.S. ECONOMY STRONG OR WEAK?

If the politicians are asked this question, the democrats will complain that corporate power and inequality of wealth have geared the economy to benefit and protect the rich.  Ask the republicans and they will contend that the entrepreneurial spirit has been stifled and the public debt is completely out of control.  What then is the

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A TIMELINE OF EVENTS THAT MARKED THE VIETNAM WAR

In 1877, France colonized the land in southeast Asia now known as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.  With this occupation came Catholicism, Western Culture, and some economic growth and industrialization.  It also brought about a movement of groups of the local population to seek a removal of these Western influences.  Here is a timeline of pertinent

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WHAT WAS THE ARCHETYPE OF TODAYโ€™S FOOTBALL STADIUMS?

In Ancient Rome in the year 68 A.D. the emperor Nero committed suicide.  A civil war followed, and Titus Flavius Vespasianus rose to the top and became the emperor Vespasian.  One of Neroโ€™s generals, Vespasian was the first of a dynasty of three emperors including his two sons:  Titus and Domitian.  The rise of the

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WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION?

In 1803, President Jefferson negotiated a major land transaction with the First French Republic and its First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte.  Known as the Louisiana Purchase, the land acquisition nearly doubled the territory of the United States, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.  Jefferson sent a military expedition to explore this territory and

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INFLATION AND HIGH INTEREST RATES MAY BE HERE FOR A WHILE

Is inflation over?  Will interest rates be coming down soon?  Some economists reading their stat sheets and perhaps their tea leaves are pointing to future trends that will be bringing inflation in many of the G7 countries under control by the end of the year.  However, central bankers have thrown a damp towel over investor

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WHO WERE THE FIRST TO USE BALLOONS FOR ESPIONAGE?

Recent headlines have pointed to the apparent use of espionage balloons by the Chinese over U.S. airspace.  Other parts of the world, including Latin America and China itself, have reported sightings of high-flying balloons drifting over their airspace.  All these balloons may or may not have been involved with espionage, but they did demonstrate the

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