The Blog of Jeffrey Evan Brooks

After my visit to the battlefield at Raymond last Sunday , I headed straight to Vicksburg National Military Park, which is one of those Amer...

I'm in Vicksburg, Mississippi, one of the towns that has to be on the bucket list of anyone interested in the American Civil War. After ...

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...