History

Do you know as much about this nation and its history as naturalized citizens are required to know? Take the Naturalization Test to find out. You have to get 58 of the 92 multiple-choice questions to pass.

If you're tired of all those grim, earnest 2010 retrospectives, relax and enjoy Dave Barry's take on the Year in Review:

Happy Bill of Rights Day!

On Dec. 15, 1791, the ten amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights were ratified.

The National Archives this year held a contest via Twitter, asking followers to distill the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights down to 140 characters each.

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I haven't seen as many articles comparing Pearl Harbor and 9/11 this year as I expected. Next year for sure, with the 70th anniversary of one and the 10th of the other. We like round-numb

How the phone book changed America:

They die so young these days:

First they take away my Zima, now this: Sony has pressed the eject button on the Walkman, discontinuing production of the AM/FM cassette player after 31 years.

It's bad enough that John Hughes is dead and “Goonies” alum Martha Plimpton is playing a grandmother on TV.

This seems a little ambitious:

There is, to borrow from the cliche, something to fascinate everyone in the new exhibit on the Indiana University campus, titled, "From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web: The Origins of Everything." About three years in the making, the display will be open to the public for the first time at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave.

Wuz his biscuit a burnin'? Well, he would have been the last to know:

The Indianapolis Star's Matt Tully thinks Dan Coats' stint as a lobbyist alone should be a disqualifier for his Senate bid:

The debate over illegal immigration isn't gone, it's just simmering below the surface, and "simmering" is exactly the right word. There's still a lot of anger out there over the possibility of amnesty, and it will bubble up again when those pushing for it inevitably bring it up again. And the issue of birthright citizenship is not going to remain a "crackpot idea of the fringe right" much longer. Lawmakers in 15 states have announced a nationwide effort to change the way the 14th Amendment is interpreted.