The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.

I could ride on an integrated trolley bus on the base, ... but when I left the base, I had to ride home on a segregated bus.

While the scars of the monstrous Civil War still remain, the wounds have closed since 1865, in large part, because of the civility of Grant and Lee.

Knievel seemed braver and more brazen - and more unhinged - than any other athlete-cum-thrill-seeker of his era.

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally embraced the Super Bowl in January as the high-water mark of his year.