The Blog of Jeffrey Evan Brooks

It's been a long, hot, and dry summer in Central Texas. After our incredibly rainy May, I had hoped that this would be more mild than us...

On Wednesday night, the Connecticut state affiliate of the Democratic Party voted to remove Thomas Jefferson's name from its annual Jeff...

My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. That was how my third grade teacher, Ms. Griffin, taught me and my classmates to rememb...

It's easy to become disillusioned in this unsettled age of ours. One can turn on the TV and be flooded with stories of ISIS atrocities i...

Happy Independence Day, folks! It is July 4. Two hundred and thirty-nine years ago today, a group of brave and determined men voted to app...

If I could go back in time to witness any single moment of the American Civil War, I think I would probably go to the Battle of New Market, ...

The Battle of Waterloo was fought two hundred years ago today, on June 18, 1815. It is perhaps the most famous battle in all of history. Aft...