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: The Titanic’s Other Casualties
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Think the ’24 Election Is Ugly? 1828 Says ‘Hold My Beer’
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Aviation’s Unlikely Heroine
- HOLY COW HISTORY: The Thin Line Between War and Terror
- HOLY COW HISTORY: The Other Time Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Ike’s Secret Baseball Career
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Tuning In to Tragedy
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: That Time America Was Happy
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Wisconsin’s Million-Dollar Blunder
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: When Soldiers Traded Swords for Snowballs
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: When Seed Sacks Were Chic
- NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY QUIZ: The First-in-the-Nation Contest
- THE FIRST VOTE: A Quiz on the Iowa Caucuses
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Grover Cleveland’s Secret Surgery
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Bonapartes’ Gifts to Your Kitchen
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Meet the First White House Woman Staffer
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Handling a Hostage Crisis, 1904 Style
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Washington, Napoleon, and An Unlucky British General
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: How Leftover Turkey Created An American Classic
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Harry Truman—Dog Hater?
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: For the Custers, Little Bighorn Was A Family Affair
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: A Famous Sign’s Sad Secret
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: A Candy Controversy, By George
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Young George’s Booze-Filled Election
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: Speaking of the Speaker…
- HOLY COW! HISTORY: How A Swindler Pulled a Fast One on a Texas Town
- 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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Moving On From Presidential Debate Expectations
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Why This Billionaire Investor Is Bullish on Fun
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From ‘Reefer Madness’ to ‘ZYN-Sanity?’ Public Health Pros Dismiss Tobacco Pouch Panic
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Congress Must Fight Food Inflation
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Democrats Are Losing Their Grip on the Hispanic Vote
Posted April 23, 2024 by Pedro Rodriguez -
A Personal Perspective Standing Against Iranian Aggression
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Biden’s Warfare — Legal, Economic and Social
Posted April 23, 2024 by James Patterson -
Redefining Charitable Giving
Posted April 23, 2024 by Malik Y. Kahook -
Despite ‘Thriving’ Internet, Biden FCC to Bring Back Net Neutrality Regulations
Posted April 23, 2024 by Taylor Millard -
EU Must Tread Carefully With Metals Sanctions
Posted April 22, 2024 by Corey A. Stewart
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WHO Has Changed Course on Harm Reduction Before; It Must Do So Again
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FERC Asked to Review Williams Companies’ LEG Pipeline Project
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The Hinman Documents Reveal a Deceitful SEC
Posted June 13, 2023 by Roslyn Layton -
The World’s Most Unethical Companies
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Animal Groups Are Leaving Local Pet Shelters Behind
Posted March 13, 2024 by Edwin Sayres -
Time to Unseal the Hinman Documents
Posted February 17, 2023 by Roslyn Layton -
Medical Gaslighting of Women Is Real and So Is Its Toll
Posted March 27, 2023 by Marya L. Shegog -
For-Profit ‘Nonprofits’ Are Smashing the Lights of Democracy
Posted April 28, 2023 by Jared Whitley -
Attacks on Nurse-Hiring Agencies Are a Broadside Against the Sick
Posted July 25, 2023 by Gerard Scimeca -
U.S. Must Stay Competitive in Today’s Digital World
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