“When the gods grumble, LISTEN!!”
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future; just follow the money! Every issue in human history has
Money does not exist. Only its value does. Go to the bank and ask to see the $1,000 in your
Why Are High Schools Graduating Illiterate Seniors? If you really want to know what is happening in America’s schools, do
Coming Out of the Water Dry (The 1838 Missouri Extermination Order) “The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must
When Detective Heinz Noonan arrives in Spokane to investigate a simple case of double obituaries, he has no idea he’s
Detective Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Homes,” is sent to Virginia Beach, North Carolina, to find 30 antique Christian crosses that
Why would anyone steal something that has no value? And then stick the insurance company for a ten-million-dollar loss? That’s
How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
Quoting Google: In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled
The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
Yes, it is! Because the British Navy was prohibited from ruling on land, AND there
During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing
This is the Culebra Cut in what would become the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal
Jean Lussier was the ultimate entrepreneur. In 1928, he went over Niagara Falls in rubber
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
This photo encapsulates me as a writer and an American. As both writer and American,
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
THE LADIES’S ROOM UPSTAIRS [Tune: “Abdul Abulbul Amir”] The most elegant man in the ballroom
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
This is one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
This is not photoshop or artwork. It’s the engine room of a German submarine during
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
When hard-core Russian Marxist writer Maxim Gorky came to America, his hosts took him to
Wanna talk?! Here’s a stunning, historical image that most people would flip on by in
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
Next time someone talks about ‘everyone having guns in the Wild West,’ remind them that
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
Occasionally, I see an upload which makes me want to stand up and cheer. This
