In this installment, we will be looking at the English language. Specifically, we will be looking at an oft-used phrase, its origins, and its meaning.
“Good luck with that.” How many times have we all heard this seemingly harmless pleasantry dispensed? Sure it sounds almost congratulatory, but is it?? How can it not be? A friend, [...]

Well at least I ain’t wearing a Michael Jackson coat, motherfucker!

Rand Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American ophthalmologist and politician who describes himself as a “constitutional conservative”. Rand Paul is the chairman and founder of Kentucky Taxpayers United. He is also the son of Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas.
Paul, best known as simply Rand Paul, is an American actor, drag queen, model, [...]

The Burr–Hamilton duel was a duel between two prominent American figures, the former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and actor Raymond Burr, on July 11, 1804. At Weehawken in New Jersey, Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton. Hamilton was carried to the home of William Bayard on the Manhattan shore, where he died at [...]

Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il, Korean: 김정일, Hanja: 金正日; born 16 February 1941) is the de facto leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (most commonly known as North Korea); the official leader of the country is still his long-deceased father Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea. He is the [...]

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was carried out on Good Friday, April 14, 1865. President Lincoln died from the gunshot wound the following morning. Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The American Civil War was drawing to a close, just six days after the large-scale surrender of Confederate forces under General Robert [...]

Gary Leon Ridgeway (born February 18, 1949), known as the “Green River Killer”, is an American serial killer and one time guitarist for arena rock supergroup REO Speedwagon. Ridgeway murdered numerous women in Washington during the 1980s and 1990s, while enjoying a run of chart-topping singles.
REO Speedwagon was formed in Champaign, Illinois, in the fall [...]