Skillset Magazine Why Teddy Roosevelt Is the ‘OG’ Alpha and How He Shaped America By Sullivan Cauley Few historical figures have been lionized like Teddy Roosevelt. The 26th President of the United States lived in the new... Read more »
Skillset Magazine The 5 Craziest Fidel Castro Assassination Plots From the CIA By Sullivan Cauley The CIA and creativity go hand-in-hand. Take, for instance, its creation of wild programs like MK-Ultra. Which, among other things,... Read more »
Skillset Magazine John L. Sullivan: The Last Bareknuckle World Champion and One Bad Mf’Er By Sullivan Cauley John L Sullivan was born in Boston, Mass., to Irish-immigrant parents in 1858. Initially known as a baseball player, Sullivan... Read more »
Skillset Magazine From Eye Doctor To Case Solver: Ira Cooper, St. Louis’ Cerebral Crimefighter By B.C. Sanders Newspaper articles from decades ago sporadically documented the major cases of police Lt. Ira Luther Cooper, the first African American... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Insider Info #2: Sharpening The Mind With Mindless Intel By Skillset Staff Crazy-Good Place To Live According to Professor Ryan Murphy’s research at Southern Methodist University, the top five states for the... Read more »
Skillset Magazine How God’s Rambo & His 1979 Chevy Camaro Changed the Bosnian War By Blake Stilwell A 1979 Chevy Camaro playing a big role in a war zone. Sounds made up, but it happened. The early... Read more »
Skillset Magazine 10 Gruesome And Unpleasant Dumb Ways To Die Throughout History By Skillset Staff Some people enjoy long walks on a beach, and others like kicking back with a few cold ones. As for... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Texas Ranger Frank Hamer: Lone Star’s Lethal Lawman By B.C. Sanders In an era where lawmen used fist, feet and firearms to capture fugitives, Frank Hamer reigned supreme for four decades... Read more »
Skillset Magazine How the Filthy Thirteen Became WWII's Legendary Combat Paratroopers By B.C. Sanders Thirty-six years before Joe Strummer of The Clash sported a mohawk with his band of rebels and waged musical war... Read more »
Skillset Magazine The History of the Buffalo Soldiers and 3 Decades of Hazard on Horseback By B.C. Sanders The formation of the 9th and 10th cavalries happened in August of 1866. Comprised mostly of African-American enlisted men, the... Read more »