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An Earlier Pandemic Was Scarier", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/worried-ebola-one-outbreak-much-scarier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worried-ebola-one-outbreak-much-scarier", "published_at": "2014-10-02T23:10:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-9f17-7360-9b6d-21c526fe97e9", "title": "When is a “War” a War?", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/war-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=war-war", "published_at": "2014-09-27T18:30:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-9f17-7360-9b6d-21c527a40420", "title": "Ding Dong! Seizing your :10 second window of opportunity", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/ding-dong-10-second-window-opportunity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ding-dong-10-second-window-opportunity", "published_at": "2014-09-14T00:07:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-9f17-7360-9b6d-21c527f7e5d8", "title": "Golf & Presidents: The Toxic Combination", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/golf-dangerous-presidential-game/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=golf-dangerous-presidential-game", "published_at": "2014-08-30T16:55:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-9f17-7360-9b6d-21c528033671", "title": "Handling a Hostage Crisis, 1904-style", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/handling-hostage-crisis-1904-style/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=handling-hostage-crisis-1904-style", "published_at": "2014-08-24T00:18:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-9f18-71b5-bae8-03e2bcdd2aed", "title": "How I Escaped a (Near) Riot: a 19 year-old survivor’s tale", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/survived-near-riot-19-year-old-survivors-tale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=survived-near-riot-19-year-old-survivors-tale", "published_at": "2014-08-14T22:59:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-bd4d-7211-976c-e95bbc4dc138", "title": "Meet the Unluckiest Man in American History", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/meet-unluckiest-man-american-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-unluckiest-man-american-history", "published_at": "2014-08-07T21:12:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-bd4d-7211-976c-e95bbd35d408", "title": "100th Anniversary of the Accident You’ve Never Heard Of", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/100th-anniversary-accident-youve-never-heard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100th-anniversary-accident-youve-never-heard", "published_at": "2014-08-03T00:24:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-bd4d-7211-976c-e95bbde761bc", "title": "July 20 … What a Date!", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/july-20-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=july-20-date", "published_at": "2014-07-20T00:01:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-bd4d-7211-976c-e95bbe1d3373", "title": "Custer’s Last Something", "url": "https://jmarkpowell.com/custers-last-something/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=custers-last-something", "published_at": "2014-06-25T22:26:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d922-bd4d-7211-976c-e95bbe4f8ccc", "title": "Be Careful! 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When the “Big Cheese” Came To the White House original ↗

8 Jan 2016

The Most Hated Man in Tennessee original ↗

1 Jan 2016

2015

How Ants Turned a Broke GI Into a Millionaire original ↗

22 Dec 2015

A Child’s Stolen Oscar original ↗

17 Dec 2015

Tiffany’s Extreme White House Makeover original ↗

13 Dec 2015

The Scoundrel Who Visited His Lost Leg original ↗

3 Dec 2015

The Only Submarine Ever Sunk By Its Toilet original ↗

20 Nov 2015

Did the Kremlin Love Lucy, Too?original ↗

13 Nov 2015

The President’s Love Child original ↗

6 Nov 2015

The Body In the Trunk: Who Killed Elsie Sigel?original ↗

29 Oct 2015

Hollywood’s Biggest Flop: The Disastrous 1923 World’s Fair original ↗

22 Oct 2015

Bundling: Sex and the Single Colonial American original ↗

9 Oct 2015

Grover Cleveland’s Strange Wish original ↗

2 Oct 2015

The Pig War: How a Hungry Swine (Almost) Caused An Armed Conflict original ↗

23 Sept 2015

The Sad, Star-Crossed Love of Stanny & Sara original ↗

17 Sept 2015

When the Army Took Back the Congressional Medal of Honor original ↗

12 Sept 2015

Mon Dieu! The real story behind Napoleon’s famous pose original ↗

4 Sept 2015

Chewing Gum’s Sticky Secret original ↗

29 Aug 2015

A White House Séance & A President’s Sad Secret original ↗

21 Aug 2015

Uncle Adolf’s American Nephew original ↗

14 Aug 2015

Was He President for One Day?original ↗

8 Aug 2015

The Pastry War (or) How We Wound Up With Santa Anna’s Leg original ↗

31 Jul 2015

Harry Hits the Road original ↗

23 Jul 2015

When Hitler Invaded England … in 1974 original ↗

17 Jul 2015

Meet the Old West’s Last Gunfighter original ↗

9 Jul 2015

Happy 5th of July!original ↗

4 Jul 2015

How A Murdered Hound Became “Man’s Best Friend” (Sort of)original ↗

26 Jun 2015

Meet the Five Worst Moms in History original ↗

9 May 2015

The Bestseller Book That Didn’t Exist: how the author of a beloved Christmas classic pulled off the Hoax of the Century original ↗

25 Apr 2015

111 Prostitutes: The Original Love Boat original ↗

28 Mar 2015

How a Blizzard Put “Blizzard” In Our Vocabulary original ↗

27 Feb 2015

How Great-Grandpa Powell (and some sheep) Helped a City Survive the Great Depression original ↗

13 Feb 2015

2014

The War That’s Always Nearby original ↗

5 Dec 2014

Sherman + New Marker = Big Headaches in Atlanta original ↗

19 Nov 2014

Worried About Ebola? An Earlier Pandemic Was Scarier original ↗

2 Oct 2014

When is a “War” a War?original ↗

27 Sept 2014

Ding Dong! Seizing your :10 second window of opportunity original ↗

14 Sept 2014

Golf & Presidents: The Toxic Combination original ↗

30 Aug 2014

Handling a Hostage Crisis, 1904-style original ↗

24 Aug 2014

How I Escaped a (Near) Riot: a 19 year-old survivor’s tale original ↗

14 Aug 2014

Meet the Unluckiest Man in American History original ↗

7 Aug 2014

100th Anniversary of the Accident You’ve Never Heard Of original ↗

3 Aug 2014

July 20 … What a Date!original ↗

20 Jul 2014

Custer’s Last Something original ↗

25 Jun 2014

Be Careful! Your Words Can Come Back to Haunt You.original ↗

8 May 2014

How Sarcasm, a Typo, and Snarkiness Created Three Civil War Nicknames original ↗

10 Apr 2014

The Kite that Got Away original ↗

6 Apr 2014

Almost a Witness: My Brush with a Presidential Assassination Attempt original ↗

30 Mar 2014

Looking at Life: I Was Irish… for a Week original ↗

16 Mar 2014

Writer Advice: The Writer’s Beautiful Curse original ↗

20 Feb 2014

American History: Git R Done! Why James K. Polk rocked as president original ↗

17 Feb 2014