The spill that forever altered the Prince William Sound (aka Exxon Valdez)

On March 23, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker left the port of Valdez, Alaska, bound for Long Beach, California. The ship contained 53 million gallons of crude oil. Shortly after midnight, the ship struck the Bligh Reef, a well-known navigation hazard in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The collision tore apart the ship’s hull and […]

Top 10 unintended consequences of Prohibition

The purpose behind the 18th amendment (Prohibition) was pure. Its advocates thought the law would cure the country of alcoholism, family violence, and political corruption. Sounded good in theory, but the actual practice of Prohibition opened up a lot of unintended consequences that weren’t foreseen. In the 13 years Prohibition was alive, a lot of […]

William Henry Harrison and the shortest Presidential term in U.S. history

.Reading time: 2 minutes and 56 seconds In honor of one of my favorite US holidays, Presidents day I will discuss the President who served the shortest presidential term in U.S. history, William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrison was a former military officer, congressman, governor of the Indiana territories and a U.S. Senator. Harrison was […]

Unintended Consequences: Thomas Edison, patents and the creation of Hollywood

Most people know Thomas Edison as a famous inventor. More specifically, people know him as the creator of the light bulb. Most people don’t know that Edison had an unintended hand in creating the Hollywood movie industry. We will explore how that came to be in this blog post. In 1891 Thomas Edison built a […]