Beth Ross

Aug 2, 2024 | historyofyesterday.com | Beth Ross

Oliver Cromwell has long been a controversial historical figure. Historians such as Samuel Rawson Gardiner have praised Cromwell for being “greater than his work” (, 316), whilst others have been more critical of the man. Winston Churchill, in particular, denounced him as a tyrant and condemned his “lasting bane” in the society in which he lived (Churchill, 263). The latter charge is a significant one.

Jul 24, 2024 | historyofyesterday.com | Andrei Tapalaga |Beth Ross |Robert Howells

America has had a tradition of seeking freedom, but when it comes to our politics we have a very constricting system where only Republicans and Democrats have an impact on our nation’s present and future. For a nation that reveres messaging like the “Don’t tread on me” flag and building an arsenal of firearms to potentially resist government tyranny the allegiance, subservience, and control that we give to the two major parties sounds antithetical to who Americans are and always have been.

Jul 24, 2024 | historyofyesterday.com | Andrei Tapalaga |Beth Ross |Robert Howells

Transporting goods and materials via ocean ship is one of the major methods of transport worldwide and is an essential part of global trade and consumers getting the goods that they want when and where they want them. Sea transport is a fast growing industry in recent decades and it is estimated that over eighty percent of goods are transported through this method.

Jul 24, 2024 | historyofyesterday.com | Andrei Tapalaga |Beth Ross |Robert Howells

In many areas of the world today, especially the suburban northeastern United States, a green grassy lawn is a mark of success and achieving the American dream. While the lawn is problematic in many ways, it’s a central part of American culture. College professor Ted Steinberg, an author of a book on lawns, reminds us that there is between sixty-sixty-five thousand miles of lawns in America, about the size of the state of Florida. Grass has traditionally played a major part in world culture.

Jul 24, 2024 | historyofyesterday.com | Andrei Tapalaga |Beth Ross |Robert Howells

It is safe to assume that no one believes that the reservation system for Native Americans has been either safe, helpful, or beneficial for Native Americans. It is that awareness coupled with the desire to make a smooth path for oil profits that resulted in a new and novel approach to the indigenous people of Alaska, the Alaskan Native Corporation.