“He smelled like rotting fish!?”
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
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
The Alaska Gold Rush is the least studied era of United States history. If you pull up Alaska Gold Rush
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
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
Back in the 1970s there was a song by Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory. If you push the stick forward, the
The Aleutian Island chain in Alaska is infamous for its unpredictable weather patterns. This is
In the 1870s, America’s foremost – and first – political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, attacked Boss
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
Nine miles Southeast of Skwentna and 59 miles north of Tyonek – and, yes, these
One hundred and 13 years ago, my 19-year-old grandfather arrived in San Francisco on his
Not a lot of social distancing here but, then again, this was 1890. Historically, the
Anne Royall was one of – if not the first – first female journalist. She
Henri Matisse did, as a matter of fact. Of his wife. In 1905. When he
It depends on the language you speak. In English, the term gypsy was short for
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
In today’s dollars, the United States government spent $7.5 billion to build the Alaska Railroad
There is an old folk song whose chorus goes, “We’ve come a long way, brother.”
THE LADIES’S ROOM UPSTAIRS [Tune: “Abdul Abulbul Amir”] The most elegant man in the ballroom
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
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