Complaints that the lottery is a regressive tax on the poor have been around since the beginning of the lottery in America.

The Currency Act of 1764 returned the restrictions of 1751: banning colonists from printing their own legal tender bills.

Looking into the underlying causes of the Salem Witch Trials in the 17th century.

While fewer farming family can be found today than many years ago, they still remain an important concept for any genealogist to understand.

An old American Law, The Logan Act, has suddenly been thrust into the news.

The ubiquitous Christmas tree has a history, and it isn't biblical.

A survey of emerging fields in animal history and animal studies.