It is often said that if one does not learn from history, they are doomed to repeat it. So what does it mean when history isn’t exactly repeated, it’s just full of crazy coincidences? Have a history teacher explain this – if they can. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in... 

NOVEMBER 22nd On this day in 1916, noted author Jack London died of kidney failure, at the age of 40, in Glen Ellen, California. Known as one of the best writers to capture the last wild frontier of Alaska, Jack London published his first stories in 1899, and eventually produced over 50 volumes of short stories, novels, and political essays. His 1903 novel, The Call of the Wild, about a domestic dog that joins an Alaskan wolf pack, reflected...