“While there is a limit to human intelligence, there is none for stupidity.”
Quoting Google: In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled
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
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
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
Yes, it is! Because the British Navy was prohibited from ruling on land, AND there
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
It is easy to talk about ‘leaping into the future.’ The reality is substantially different.
Two of the best known singers of all time are Elvis
We hear it every day. America is so violent! Never has there been so much
In the days before GPS, the maritime industry created nautical charts using bottles. It’s true.
This is a portrait of Bass Reeves. He was the first black Deputy United States
Until 1933, there was no standard American currency. Even though there were American coins in
In 1887, in Argonia, Kansas, a group of men decided to ‘pull a fast one.’
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
After the death of Harry Reichenbach, the leading ballyhooer of the era was Jim Moran,
There is a stark lesson in the Brett Kavanaugh nomination imbroglio. It is as old
I’M NOT A BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE [Tune: “A Bird in a Gilded Cage”]
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
Some things never change. From the moment of the birth of the internet, the first
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
One of the nice things about historic photographs – please excuse the pun – is