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Behind the Myth of Daniel Boone

Behind the Myth of Daniel Boone

Honor Sachs— In the early 1850s, artist George Caleb Bingham painted a now-iconic image of Daniel Boone leading a party of white families through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky. In… READ MORE

Gifts for the Hearing Impaired

Gifts for the Hearing Impaired

John M. Burkey— Many of us struggle to find the right holiday or birthday gift for friends and loved ones.  Buying to a person’s needs is almost always a good… READ MORE

American Indians and the Future of Coal

American Indians and the Future of Coal

James Robert Allison III— The American coal industry is on life support. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, less than 7% of the 200 or so proposed new coal-fired… READ MORE

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