About the Author
J. Mark Powell
Holy Cow! History is written by novelist, former TV journalist and diehard history buff J. Mark Powell. Have a historic mystery that needs solving? A forgotten moment worth remembering? Please send it to [email protected]
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Sweet Kindness—The Berlin Candy Bomber
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: A Brother’s Wedding Rescue
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Strange Afterlife of Elmer McCurdy
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: In Politics, the Slogan Sells It
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Walt, Joe, and a Magical Movie
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Hollywood’s Biggest Flop—The Disastrous 1923 World’s Fair
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Jewish Cowboy
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: How Sarcasm, a Typo, and Snarkiness Created 3 Civil War Nicknames
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Was America’s Favorite Redhead a Red?
- HOLY COW HISTORY: The Quarter’s About-Face, By George
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: From Town Character to Cartoon Icon
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Franklin History Forgot
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Luckiest Fool in the World
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Ready, Set, Surrender! History’s Shortest War
- HOLY COW HISTORY: Henry’s Crystal Clear Idea
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Milton’s Mishap; When Candy Changed At the Drop of a Hat
- HOLY COW HISTORY: Pink Parker’s Bizarre Monument to John Wilkes Booth
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Curious Case of Lincoln’s Funeral Car
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Brilliantly “Stupid” American POW
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Judge Who Just Vanished
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Another Ex-President’s Brush With the Law
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Teddy Roosevelt’s Close Call
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Woman Who Created Kids’ Television
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Gift That Killed General Grant
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Why the Germans Really Wanted France’s Thorium
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Abraham Lincoln II—The Grandson Honest Abe Never Met
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Hero Bureaucrat
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: A Civil War Doctor and a TV Dinner Favorite
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Original ‘Son of a Gun’
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: When America Was Terrified of Ketchup
- Holy Cow! History: From Mom to Motherhood Icon
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Forget George Santos, Meet Congress’ Champion Truth-Stretcher
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Chewing Gum’s Sticky Secret
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Cal Coolidge’s Crazy Coon
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: A Classic Turns 80
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: America’s Biggest Lottery Scandal
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: 1948, Political Polling’s Epic Fail
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Séance Sisters and Their Spooky Scam
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Birds That Don’t Belong Here
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Seven Sisters, 37 Feet of Hair
Inside Exclusives
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Direct Vision in Commercial Trucks is a Public Safety Priority
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Ron DeSantis’ Silly Drug Importation Idea
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Forget the Debt and Other Issues; the Senate’s Primary Concern Is Dress Code
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IRS Must Be Called Out for Its Abuses
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120,000 Reasons U.S. Must Act to Save Christians in Armenia
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Congress Must Fix Medicare Physician Payment System
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SpaceX, DOJ, INA and ITAR — Acronyms (and Common Sense) Run Amok
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The Cheapening of the Impeachment Process
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Affordable Internet Is Jeopardized by Outdated Priorities
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WHO Has Changed Course on Harm Reduction Before; It Must Do So Again
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The Hinman Documents Reveal a Deceitful SEC
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Time to Unseal the Hinman Documents
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For-Profit ‘Nonprofits’ Are Smashing the Lights of Democracy
Posted April 28, 2023 by Jared Whitley -
The SEC Fought the Law and the Law Won
Posted July 27, 2023 by Roslyn Layton -
Attacks on Nurse-Hiring Agencies Are a Broadside Against the Sick
Posted July 25, 2023 by Gerard Scimeca -
Consumer Health and Safety Are on the Line. Where Is the FDA?
Posted May 23, 2023 by Gerard Scimeca -
U.S. Must Stay Competitive in Today’s Digital World
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Blast Waves Causing Brain Injuries That Can Lead to PTSD, Suicide
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Medical Gaslighting of Women Is Real and So Is Its Toll
Posted March 27, 2023 by Marya L. Shegog