War of 1812

White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

While Washington is all a-twitter over two society climbers crashing the gates at an Obama soirée, in the grand sweep of history, it was a fairly minor event. No one was in danger, and no real harm was done, nobody got dosed with LSD.

Paterson Signs Anti-Texting Law, Vetoes War of 1812 Bill

AP | Michael Gormley | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- It's now illegal to text, tweet or surf while driving in New York. Gov. David Paterson announced Thursday that he signed the a...

Does Anybody Know What Cinco de Mayo Is All About?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 06.05.2009 | World


Daniel Cubias

Cinco de Mayo more about national pride and standing up to imperialist Europeans. I guess it's sort of like Americans celebrating the Battle of New Orleans from the War of 1812.