Oscar Arias is the current president of the country of Costa Rica. President Arias is best known as one of the driving figures behind the end of the Central American civil wars.

It is as old as parchment paper and ink, the power of print has helped to mold governments, societies and people all across the globe.

Learn about one of the strangest Medieval weapons in human history.

When I was a kid we didn't know any Catholics and probably would have been afraid of them if one showed up at our door!

That China is a glorious civilization in no need of democracy is what we hear from their leaders today, as always. Why the Olympic Freedom Torch from Athens?

Chinese antiques were carefully created over eons. Modern China makes cheap goods with dollar an hour labor, beats monks, pollutes. 1936 Berlin Olympics?

The recent actions of Japanese against the Chinese Olympic torch run through Japan shows a nation closer to the civilized world; brave people shaming China.

From about the year 1930 calligraphy writing and lettering had made such progress that it had become a subject in the training of Art Teachers and was taught by the immediate followers of the two who had given their lives to its cause.

Historically, women have had to struggle to have the same rights and men. Due to the issues that all black people have had to face since coming to the United States in the 1600’s, the struggles of black women have been among the most difficult. Yet some of them have showed strength that goes beyond what most of us would have done in similar situations.

Black history dates back to 1619 when the first black people were brought to Virginia. They were slaves brought to help with the crops in the fields and to be servants for the upper class while people of Virginia. They worked hard and were treated very poorly as slaves. They had no rights and they struggled to protect their heritage as they weren’t allowed to own anything. Most of them did not know how to read or write either.