Feng Shui was developed by the Chinese to enhance the energy patterns of their indoors in an artistic fashion. The literal translation of feng shui is “wind & water”. Traditional cultures of Asia had a lot of reverence for the Deities of Wind and Water. Pleasing the Gods of Wind and Water was [...]

A trained lawyer, Marcos was convicted of assassinating a political opponent of his father in 1939 and, from his condemned cell, argued his case up to the Philippine Surpreme Court, where he won an acquittal.
During the Second World War, Marcos collaborated with the Japanese who occupied the Philippines – though he later claimed to have [...]

The Civil War (1861-5) has spawned numerous myths and falsities.
The Republicans did not intend to abolish slavery – just to “contain” it, i.e., limit it to the 15 states where it had already existed. Most of the Democrats accepted this solution.
This led to a schism in the Democratic party. The “fire eaters” left it [...]